Hi, I’m Michelle, a random Stay-At-Home-Mom of three. Things just happen to me. And I laugh. The father of my children is to a wonderful man who probably didn’t know what he was getting himself into when he proposed, but he’s stuck with me now, mwhahaha. And so are you… You can read more about our humorous happenings at www.LaVidadeBlondieChell.blogspot.com , but for now, here’s a glimpse of thing kind of things that happen to me…. In a lot of cultures, babies … [Read more...]
Guest Post from Janelle at www.financiallyfree4ever.blogspot.com My First Pregnancy and Birth Story A few months after our wedding, I found out that I was pregnant. I was 18 years old. I was young and did not know anything about babies, pregnancy or giving birth. I started to do a lot of reading and learned about my different options from hospital birth with a doctor, to a home birth with a midwife. The more I read about home births, the more it sounded like … [Read more...]
It's such a great day today! Mt little guy turned 6 today and as always I am so thrilled to celebrate with him. He is our miracle. Every year I post his birth story and try to raise awareness about Vasa Previa a little know disorder that could easily have claimed his life. Un-detected Vasa Previa can cause an infant to die 50-95% of the time, while once discovered the rate of a live birth is 50-95%. How about those odds? Why aren't we doing more to discover this prenatally? Babies are … [Read more...]
Violet Anna’s birth story August 27, 2007. 3:47 AM EST Full Moon in Pisces (and lunar eclipse), Sun in Virgo Dear Violet, This is the story of your birth. You were conceived in November when Daddy and I were away for Thanksgiving. We discovered that I was pregnant about 3 weeks later. We were joyously surprised (and a little scared by how real it was)! I had a healthy and active pregnancy with you. Towards the very end my hands and feet got really swollen and that was … [Read more...]
The Miracle Our sweet Muffin making her debut! This was the first really "good" picture of her that the lactation consultant snapped after she was out. I'm not sure, but I think she was reaching for her Mama because she had no idea that they had knocked me out to save her sweet, little life. She's our Miracle and here's why. On August 15, 2005, we found out our lives were about to change forever. We were expecting a baby! After five years of marriage and waiting for the … [Read more...]
