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An Ordinary Day (The Story of My Second Freebirth)
The final few weeks of pregnancy for me were filled with many sensations in my changing body. Movements from my baby; stretch marks erupting across my lower belly; random releasing of mucous; many crampy feelings; a random afternoon of purging that I thought might be things starting. All of it preparing my body and mind perfectly for the birth ahead. As I approached 40 weeks, my husband stayed closer to home, ever anxious, as he was sure I would birth around my guess date as
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Feb 1713 min read


Surrender - The Story of My Second Pregnancy
Just over a year ago, God was working on my heart, to make me willing for the sacrifice of another pregnancy, another birth, and a new chapter of motherhood. This thought came to me the other day, as I sat breastfeeding my newborn. My baby, a gift from God, and a big work of surrender in my life over the past 12 months. My word of the year for 2025 was surrender, and consequently, it's also the conception, pregnancy, and birth story of my second daughter: I started the year
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Feb 1711 min read


"Mum Rage"
"Mum Rage" is not your kids' fault. Those angsty, overstimulated, overwhelmed, and stressed out feelings that you get as a mum, sometimes...
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Feb 21, 20256 min read


Heal
Verb: 1. become sound or healthy again. 2. alleviate (a person's distress or anguish). It's time for a new word of the year! If you've...
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Jan 26, 20246 min read


My Tips for Breastfeeding
I want to preface by saying I am by no means an expert on breastfeeding, however, I do seem to have taken to it easier than most......
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Jan 20, 20247 min read


My Tips For Postpartum
I wanted to put together some notes from my early postpartum; I started writing this post at 4 months in, but even at more than 12 months...
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Nov 9, 202310 min read


Radical Responsibility
An excerpt from my personal journal on the 15th November 2022: "It's an interesting thing thinking about radical responsibility when it...
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Sep 28, 20234 min read


Nurture
Nurture (verb) care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing. (noun) the action or process of nurturing someone or...
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Jan 30, 20234 min read


The Freebirth of Willow Ann
At 37+6 weeks, I woke up to period-pain-like cramps that didn't ease after I emptied my bladder. I'd woken feeling crampy the past couple...
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Dec 31, 202217 min read


Our Journey to Freebirth
Wow... Where do I even start?? Our birth choices and outcomes hold so much significance to me; on the one hand, I want to share because...
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Dec 21, 202220 min read


Overcoming Pregnancy Sickness
Let's talk all-day-sickness (because whoever thought that "morning sickness" was a good name for it anyways!?) So many of you lovely...
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Jun 1, 20225 min read


Learning to Listen to Your Body
Listen to your body, right? It's a bit of a thing in the holistic health space to learn to listen to your body and follow that intuition...
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May 1, 20225 min read
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