This week my family hopped up to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin for a few days of family bonding. I’ve been desperately wanting to have a little time away from our busy lives to just have fun with my kids and HH. Things have been too hectic around the house lately: he’s been working seven days a week and my final semester...

In 2008, Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein released a documentary film about the current state of maternity care in this country, aptly titled “The Business of Being Born.” The film highlighted the overuse of medical interventions, as well as the feminist argument for normal, woman-centered birth. As I watched this movie at 36 weeks pregnant with my second son, I...

I have a WordPress app on my phone, which I’ve previously only used to check (and sometimes respond to) blog comments. In general, I despise typing anything on my phone, but since I’m traveling today, I thought this would be a fun experiment for #NaBloPoMo. Jolene didn’t want to sleep last night, and once she finally did start to doze...

Yesterday, I posted a fundraising effort to help get me to the LA premiere of More Business of Being Born, and thanks to my amazing, AMAZING readers, I was able to purchase my flight before the night was over. Seriously — I have NO idea what I have done to deserve the generosity of some of you, but it makes...

Yesterday, I received a very special press pass invitation to attend the red carpet premiere of Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein’s newest film More Business of Being Born — the four part followup to the 2008 hit documentary The Business of Being Born. I’ve also been offered two pairs of tickets to the November 9th premiere to give away to...

We went away this weekend planning nothing more than to sleep and relax for a couple of days before I hit full term. Surprisingly, this weekend turned out to be more special and relevant to my upcoming birth than I ever could have planned for, and I’ve been dying to write about it all. First, let me say that going...

… If it’s the last thing we ever do (before this baby comes storming into our lives.) I’ve been so exhausted.  So spent.  So thoroughly and completely worn out from school, pregnancy, parenting, and life in general.  I have moments where I’m trying really hard to pull myself back to center, but I just can’t quite seem to get on...