Category Archives: Preparing for Parenting

Preparing for birth, pregnancy, and parenting

• The 5 Best Things about Surrogacy

  This past January I was lucky enough to give birth to a beautiful baby boy as a surrogate. The whole experience was amazing and I’ve written about it in depth on my blog. There are certain awesome things about a surrogacy, however, that just don’t fit within those more thoughtful posts. And so I present the 5 Best About a …  MORE

• Answering Hard Questions

  Recently, our nearly six year old has been asking some real gems about the world. I have entertained several queries about God, her body, my body, the bodies of others, people’s intentions, what happens when people die, and even questions about disasters and murder. This is not something you generally prepare for when expecting a child or when raising a …  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: Labor

  This week we asked you to share your labor / labor day with us. Read more about preparing for birth on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

• Wordless Wednesday: Pregnancy

  This week we asked you to share pregnancy with us. Read more about pregnancy on our resource page. Link up!  MORE

• Ten Reasons Why You Should Consider a Home Birth

  Besides not having to put on pants, here are 10 other excellent reasons to think about giving birth at home.  MORE

• The Nouveau Feminist

  We are the next generation of feminists. We have been taught as children that we are as good as men. That we can do anything men can do. We are CEOs and judges and IT creators and analysts. We rank in the military and are secret spies. We are top-quality actresses and comediennes and run businesses and start things. The …  MORE

• The Fab Five Stages So Far

  Laura couldn’t choose just one stage as the best and is sharing her top five favorite stages in the young lives of her son and daughter.  MORE

• Thanksgiving in the NICU

  Christmas, angel trees, Salvation Army Bell Ringers and Toys for Tots. While my family loves and participates in all those events, for us, our big holiday to give back is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving wasn’t always our most meaningful holiday. Like many families, it was a blip on the radar, a day to stuff ourselves full of turkey before we dragged out …  MORE

• 5 Ways to Comfort a Friend After a Miscarriage

  Miscarriage is something that devastates so many lives. Author Laura offers five ways to reach out to someone touched by tragedy.  MORE

• Birthing and Parenting Abroad

  Lyndsay shares a few tips and tricks to birthing and parenting naturally while living in a different country.  MORE

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