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I think I Might Be Nesting
I hope all of you who celebrate Christmas had a wonderful little break. I’ve been working away trying to get websites finished, several of which are behind schedule despite my best efforts. I’m still...
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Introducing…
Zara Beatrix Hinds Born at home this afternoon, January 6th, at 12:48 p.m. 7lbs 10oz, 19.5″ long We are resting and doing well after a beautiful and speedy birth. More to come in the next few days;...
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Perfection
I’m still working on Miss Zara’s birth story, but I wanted to share a quick update on how we’re doing. And, honestly, the title of this post says it all. I couldn’t imagine a better beginning to our...
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Preparing a Sibling to Participate in a Birth
One of the biggest reasons we chose to have a home birth is because we wanted to make the transition into a family of four as easy as possible on Nora. I didn’t want to just disappear for two days to...
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Planning A Home Birth, Safety And Supplies
I’m excited to be sharing Zara’s birth story later this week, but first I wanted to write a little about the preparations we took to get ready for her birth, most especially the supplies that we...
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Zara’s (Peach’s) Birth Story
*****First a note: This is a birth story. While there are no direct pictures of nudity, there are, of course some where I am not clothed and all that is blocking nudity is a baby or camera angle. In...
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Managing Pain in Labor
One of the best things about having a photographer take pictures at Zara’s birth is that through the photographs, I’m able to see parts of the birth that I was oblivious to at the time. I’m able to...
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Postpartum Care After a Home Birth
Now that Zara is most definitely not a newborn and I’m fairly certain that I have survived the postpartum period, I wanted to take a moment to finally write about my post home birth experience. This...
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Building a Parenting Library — Recommended Reading
I mentioned awhile ago that I received a $500 grant to start our La Leche League library. I had a lot of fun thinking about the books I would recommend to local moms and what was helpful to me the...
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30 Days of Thanks: Homebirth and Our Midwife Sybille
I took Nora for her three year old check up today (we were a little late last year and now are doomed to forever be off on her check ups because of insurance). She’s 28lbs, around 34 inches tall, and...
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Perfection
I’m still working on Miss Zara’s birth story, but I wanted to share a quick update on how we’re doing. And, honestly, the title of this post says it all. I couldn’t imagine a better beginning to our...
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Wordless Wednesday: Birth Photo Sneak Peak
Photo by Lisa Frey, Nantucket Event Media The post Wordless Wednesday: Birth Photo Sneak Peak appeared first on Au Coeur.
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Preparing a Sibling to Participate in a Birth
One of the biggest reasons we chose to have a home birth is because we wanted to make the transition into a family of four as easy as possible on Nora. I didn’t want to just disappear for two days to...
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Planning A Home Birth, Safety And Supplies
I’m excited to be sharing Zara’s birth story later this week, but first I wanted to write a little about the preparations we took to get ready for her birth, most especially the supplies that we...
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Zara’s (Peach’s) Birth Story
*****First a note: This is a birth story. While there are no direct pictures of nudity, there are, of course some where I am not clothed and all that is blocking nudity is a baby or camera angle. In...
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Managing Pain in Labor
One of the best things about having a photographer take pictures at Zara’s birth is that through the photographs, I’m able to see parts of the birth that I was oblivious to at the time. I’m able to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Postpartum Care After a Home Birth
Now that Zara is most definitely not a newborn and I’m fairly certain that I have survived the postpartum period, I wanted to take a moment to finally write about my post home birth experience. This...
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Building a Parenting Library — Recommended Reading
I mentioned awhile ago that I received a $500 grant to start our La Leche League library. I had a lot of fun thinking about the books I would recommend to local moms and what was helpful to me the...
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Adelaide’s Birth Story
Adelaide is 6 weeks old today. I started writing this blog post two weeks ago, but today it’s getting posted, no matter what. After both Nora’s birth and Zara’s birth, I had their stories written...
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