What you’ll forget to pack in your birth bag
“As the time draws nearer for my son to arrive and I prepare to go to the hospital I can’t help but wonder what should you really take? Sure the hospital provides you with a list but I want to know what real offbeat mamas say worked for them or what they wish they had when they were in the hospital.”
Amazing maternity session (On a bed! In a forest!) from Last Forty Percent Photography
Emma’s maternity session took place on a gigantic bed in the middle of a FOREST.
The family that forgot to create a village
Deanna and her family travel around every few years, and they like it this way. In fact, they prefer it over any village that they could have made.
A transcendental cesarean birth story
Denise’s birth was one that enabled her to transcend the immediate pain and uncertainty and find a place from which she could gather strength for her unplanned cesarean section delivery.
One crazy hot beach maternity photo session
Have you heard of Red Hot Photography? If you’re in Hawaii, I’d suggest making yourself aware of Marina and her stellar camera skills right about now.
Notes from a stay at home dad in the trenches
It’s 8:15am, and I am the only male shopper at Target. Inside my cart is a bottle of Pinot Grigio, a 36-pack of Tampax Pearls, a tube of St. Ives Apricot Scrub and three packs of Purex Complete 3-in-1 because, you know, it was on sale. I am wearing the same shirt I slept in. Also a hat.
Extreme couponing: how to get your grocery store to pay you to shop
Katrina has managed to not only save money, but basically be PAID by her grocery store of choice to shop there — all by using coupons.
How to be a supportive offbeat auntie/uncle
“What are some ways that new offbeat aunties and uncles can help out their friends who are having kids? I am very excited about being an auntie and helping out, but not having any kids myself and no younger siblings, I’m a little at a loss at what to do…”