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Saturday, 01 August 2009 16:24 |
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 Since getting pregnant with my first child, Isabel, back in 2006 I had planned on birthing her naturally. Isabel came to us by cesarean after I went two weeks past my due date with gestational diabetes. My doctors and midwives ordered an induction, which ultimately lead to a cesarean.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 22:07 |
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 Mommy Meltdowns
Life as a New Mother and dealing with stressful situations.
What a crazy life it is. We are mothers now and it changes everything.
We still have the same desires to be balanced and feel happy but now we are more connected to our emotions, our future feels closer almost too close as we have all these new expenses, wrinkles, and responsibilities to deal with. And, inspite of all this, it is still totally worth it. Our children are the greatest thing that has ever happen to us.
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 18:55 |
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 Life as a mother may have brought you to a similar space that I am in: a divine place of love for your child and at the same time utter exhaustion with the inner and outer struggles to be all that we desire for our families and ourselves. What has recently saved me from being caught in the juggling act of my life is the ability to use this one word: Serenity.
Remember that great serenity prayer, “….Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” What are the challenges that we are taking on or have taken on that we need to let go of? Where are we doing more than we should?
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Friday, 22 February 2008 18:39 |
Examining Our Success Radars How do we measure our "parenting success"? For me, at first glance I feel that my success as a mother is having the freedom and power to raise my daughter the way I want, whether it involves her diet, how I spend time with her, who babysits her, her activities, home life, schooling, medical treatment, etc. While controlling these areas may make me feel good as a parent, we all know that if we really think about what matters most to our children, its whether or not they receive love in their lives and how they are treated by the people who care for them (including us).
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 18:26 |
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 You can do it, I did...and I had so much extra money in the end that I used it to pay a maid to come and help clean!
Smart, fun, elegant, inspiring, and creative were all the compliments my guests gave me for throwing my one year old daughter a green, organic 1st Birthday party. I have to admit that my idea came a little bit from my neurotic need to have the perfect birthday party for my daughter, which in my holistic world means an organic, very low- to no-sugar homemade birthday cake. An elegant looking table where the dishes and silverware I love and adore from my wedding registry were seen, used and enjoyed by all. And the third reason was to keep the costs down. |
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