Posted on April 23, 2020 by nicolepeyton
My due date was March 3, and based on what I know of statistics on first children and my mom’s experience, I was fully expecting that I would be late. Not that we weren’t generally ready for the baby, but I was assuming in… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Betsy”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: baby girl, birth, birth project, birth story, hospital birth, mom blogger, motherhood, unmedicated birth
Posted on January 30, 2020 by nicolepeyton
My first contraction came and went at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 16. I wrote it off as gas as we were at a family Christmas party and no way did I think labor would start while I was there. A half hour later… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Landon Harkema”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, doula, home birth, midwife, motherhood
Posted on August 11, 2019 by nicolepeyton
This story was written by Melissa Harness, who has suffered through five miscarriages. She has carried eight pregnancies, given birth to three healthy children, and lost five angels. She wants to tell her story to “give a voice to all those that have suffered… Continue Reading “A Fertility Journey: Melissa Harness, Angel No. 5”
Posted on July 15, 2019 by nicolepeyton
If you had asked me two years ago if I thought I’d keep working after our second baby was born, my answer would have been a resounding, “Of course! I’m not the stay-at-home mom type.” I never thought there was anything “wrong” with being… Continue Reading “Finding Myself in Motherhood: The Transition Away From Work”
Category: BlogTags: birth, birth project, birth story, crossfit, empathy, happiness, life lessons, love, marriage, meditation, mom blogger, motherhood, passion, sacrifice, sobriety, social media, stay at home mom, transition, working mom