How to use a shoe organizer to tame a box of unruly cords
We have this basket that’s become the wire/electronics/camera bin. It lives on a shelf (seen lurking in the background of this shot) and Tavi has recently discovered it. Time to clean it up!
Brigsby’s kind of crazy carnivalesque nursery
Brigsby’s nursery is all kinds of carnival-inspired, hand-me-down greatness. Jamie and her husband used a lot of their own belongings and heaps of imagination to create a wonderful resting spot.
Retro space nursery turned big kid’s room for two
Remember the Retro Space Nursery we featured in 2009? Well, Leah’s two boys have grown significantly (one’s a toddler, and the other is in preschool), and the room was due for an upgrade!
Why I almost decided to have an unassisted birth
I currently live in North Carolina — where traditional midwifery is illegal. At 37, I’m also “of advanced maternal age.” This means, no one wants to deliver my baby.
Dealing with super painful post-partum sex, aka vulvar vestibulodynia
After three frustrating years, many visits to fertility clinics that ultimately resulted in nothing, we found ourselves pregnant in the late Spring of 2009. Aside from the regular baby chaos, everything has gone extremely well. Except for one thing: sex. I can’t have it.
Brigsby’s kind of crazy carnivalesque nursery
Brigsby’s nursery is all kinds of carnival-inspired, hand-me-down greatness. Jamie and her husband used a lot of their own belongings and heaps of imagination to create a wonderful resting spot.
Even complication-free homebirths can come with complications
So yes. I had my relaxing and empowering labor and birth in the comfort of my own home. Then I had to go the hospital.
Losing a child who never existed: considering parenthood when you’re bipolar
Olivia and her husband planned for a child, only to find out that having Olivia go off her bipolar meds wasn’t an option they could take. Now, they’re moving in a new path toward parenthood.