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MY UNASSISTED HOME BIRTH STORY

I’ve been fascinated with birth and babies since I was little. When I was little, I loved playing with baby dolls and I took it very personally when people wouldn’t go along with me when I said the baby doll was my actual child. I loved naming my baby dolls. I’ve known about natural birthContinue reading “MY UNASSISTED HOME BIRTH STORY”

BIRTH MUSIC PLAYLIST

Hey! For today’s post, I thought I’d share what’s on my birth playlist. I’m currently 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I’ll be posting this in a few weeks. So, by the time you’re reading this, I’ve had my baby. If you’re curious, go check out my Instagram @xorosemama. I have no idea if I’mContinue reading “BIRTH MUSIC PLAYLIST”

MY THIRD TRIMESTER – AN UPDATE

As I write this, I am 40 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I plan to post this in a few weeks, though. I’ll be sure to do a whole post for my birth story and I’ll be doing tons of postpartum posts because I feel like that area isn’t really talked about that much. TodayContinue reading “MY THIRD TRIMESTER – AN UPDATE”

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PREGNANCY

Now that I am almost done with my first pregnancy, I have been through it all. Pregnancy has been so different than I thought it would be. There are so many misconceptions surrounding pregnancy and I had no idea until I got pregnant and experienced pregnancy for myself. I’m going to share some things thatContinue reading “MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PREGNANCY”

DATES – A PREGNANCY MIRACLE FRUIT

In my granola recipe post, I mentioned how I’ve been eating dates everyday. I found a study that made me want to do so. I’ll link it here. This study fascinated me. Why had I never heard of this before? I heard about red raspberry leaf tea but there has been no evidence with thoseContinue reading “DATES – A PREGNANCY MIRACLE FRUIT”

WHY I CHOSE MIDWIFERY

Even before I got pregnant, I knew I wanted a natural birth. When I was younger, I assumed one day I’d give birth in a hospital. I think this is because hospital births are normalized nowadays. As soon as you tell someone you’re pregnant, one of the first questions they ask is, “Which hospital areContinue reading “WHY I CHOSE MIDWIFERY”