pregnancy articles
Water Birth
The kids were watching home water births on You Tube with me this morning, and I said as we started this one, “Oh, I love this song!” We kept watching, and I saw the dad’s Carolina hat and thought, “Oh, that’s neat… probably a birth somewhere near here…” then I noticed the [...]
Preaching to Myself
I have had a really difficult time managing myself, home, and family in the last several weeks. The pressure of the holidays hasn’t helped, and I have a new enemy that I have never before encountered, which is anger and bitterness towards women who say they never struggle with this in pregnancy. I [...]
Pregnancy: Five Things I Know Now
Ask any mother what pregnancy is like and you will hear a myriad of responses. Most of them fall into the two general categories of “wonderful” and “terrible.” The opinions tend to be pretty black or white. Some women feel the opposite of what they normally feel without a baby in the [...]
Little House in the Suburbs - A Birthing Story
I have received several emails recently concerning homebirth and what that was like for our family. I debated whether or not to blog about it and then what to mention (and what to omit) if I did blog about it. Oh well. I’m not confident that this will suffice for me to communicate what [...]
Waiting . . .
is good for you!
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary;his understanding is unsearchable.He gives power to the faint,and to him who has no might he increases strength.Even youths shall faint and be weary,and young men [...]