Monthly Archives: July 2011

Raising a Homemaker

One of the best things about having a little girl is the wonderful opportunity to raise up a future homemaker! It’s quite exciting to think that God has entrusted me with this grand task, though it’s a little bit daunting … Continue reading

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Joelle’s Story: A Hospital Water Birth

As I sat with my doula, Kerry, and husband, Norman, in the living room on Tuesday, January 18, discussing how I might be in pre-labor, I couldn’t believe it. In the past few days, I’d had lots of digestive disturbances, … Continue reading

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How to Create a Birth Team (from Afar)

My husband and I live in the Caribbean, where he works at as a doctor at a mission hospital. When we learned I was expecting, we knew that we wanted the baby to be born in the United States. It’s … Continue reading

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Kissaluv Fitted Review

Another type of diaper is the fitted diaper.  Fitted diapers fit very closely to the baby and require no folding.  They do require a cover in order to be water-proof.  Fitteds made by SAHMs generally are a bit thicker than … Continue reading

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Trusting God with Endometriosis

Editor’s Note: Pregnancy mentioned. I was 19 years old when I found out I had endometriosis (“endo”). At the time I had never heard about the condition before, but I soon learnt that it was a disease of the reproductive … Continue reading

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Love to Loss — Part Two

Editor’s Note: You can read the first part of Monica’s story here. Here we are, 6 months later, after using FAM to avoid for 5 cycles and to conceive in just 1 cycle, and we’re pregnant. All the same dreams, … Continue reading

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