Eco Friendly Family Vehicles: Urban Legend?

Adding a third child into our family presents a number of physical and emotional challenges -- at least that will be the case unless I can grow an extra set of arms over the next few months. But along another round of sleepless nights, having child #3 definitely puts a strain on … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: From The Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent

I am a closet Chick-lit lover. Although I love reading the classics such as Doesteovsky, Maugham, and Hesse (my favorite writer); sometimes I need an easy and light reading that doesn't need a dictionary as a companion. So it's no surprise that I would totally take to the From … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: All Things in Their Own "Sweet" Time

The birth of our second daughter was a lesson in patience, teaching me the lesson that all things in life happen in their in their own good time. And that we, for the most part, have little control over many facets in our lives. Waiting, relaxing, and letting things happen … [Read more...]

Labor Of Love: Scheduled Induction and An Epidural Love

It's probably going against the grain to be talking about pain medication in a natural parenting blog, and one of the few writers this week that would probably advocate non-natural childbirth; but I always knew that epidural was going to be my drug of choice when the time came to … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: Positive Natural Birthing Experience After Posterior Labor

I was fortunate to have an amazing natural birth experience with my first-born, despite being stuck in a tiny fairly rural hospital in Mississippi. My Canadian OB-GYN was the only one in town who would let me labor without an IV, and while she arrived to catch the baby leaving me … [Read more...]