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Check out our Spotlight on an Empowered Mommy Segment!

Check out our Spotlight on an Empowered Mommy segment and meet Cierra. A veterarian, busy mom, Bradley Instructor and passionate supporter of all things that empower moms during pregnancy and birth! http://empoweredmommies.com/content/CierraTabony.aspx Would you like to nominate an Empowered Mommy to...

Posted to Notes From Ivanna (Weblog) by Ivanna on 09-07-2010
Interview w/ Dana Wood, Author of "Momover- The New Mom's Guide to Getting it Back Together"

Are you in need of a "momover"? After becoming a mom for the first time at 43, Dana Wood, former Senior Fashion Features Editor of W and former Health and Beauty Director for Cookie, sat down with us to share her personal story with wit, humor and honesty :) Check out our entire Interview with...

Posted to Notes From Ivanna (Weblog) by Ivanna on 08-11-2010
Delivery- The Hare

Jacob Michael 9-25 We arrived at the hospital at 11:35 PM . As Dan came racing back into the delivery room, from parking the car, I was already stirruped and ready to go. Some nurse was asking for my information (um, FYI- I DID fill out the pre-registration sheet, why I needed to repeat all of this was...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 07-10-2009
Delivery -The Tortoise

Asher Reid Once we got into the room to deliver Asher, it was S-L-O-W going. We checked in at 10ish int eh mornings, and he was not born until 11:30 in the evening. I endured a few hours, OK, 2 hours of labor without any pain medicine. However, since my water had broken, they wanted to use pitocin to...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 07-05-2009
Going to The Hospital, Part 2

Born to Run , Or Crazy Train - Both are appropriate Jacob 9/25 We sit in the driveway with the car running waiting for my Mom to drive 2 miles to get to our house to watch Asher. I am writhing and wailing in the front seat, because every minute or so a contraction rips through me and nearly tears me...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 06-30-2009
Going to the Hospital Part 1

Sung to the Tune of 'Goin To The Chapel' Going To The Hopsital, and We're Gonnaa Have a Baa-aaa-by , Asher 12/8 I get in my car, wave goodbye to my friends at school. Call my mom on her cell phone, and drive home to meet Dan. We arrive at the hospital, check in like we are at a hotel, and...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 06-23-2009
Am I In Labor? Part 2- Braxton Hicks Play Me For A Fool

Jacob Michael, Sept 25 The second time around, I knew what to expect. (This will continuously be proven to be the biggest lie of my life). I thought I knew. From about mid-August until he was born, I was having Braxton Hicks contractions. They would come randomly during the day, and regularly after a...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 06-19-2009
Am I In Labor? Part 1- Did I Just Pee Myself?

Asher Reid, December 8 I was working as a special education teacher and each day from Thanksgiving vacation on, I would pack up at the end of the day, and think, "I might not come back tomorrow." I left things in perfect order every day for my substitute. I had extra clothes in my school bag...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 06-15-2009
Your Birth Day!!!

I think every woman loves her birthing story. It is the beginning of her precious little one's life, the transition between pregnancy and motherhood, no matter which number baby it is for you. Historically, proverbially, and literally, it is a monumental life-changing event, which most people classify...

Posted to Take It Easy, Baby (Weblog) by jmdinap on 06-12-2009
Three Babies, Three Very Different Labor/Deliveries

After giving birth to my third child this past April, I am now convinced just how different each pregnancy is especially each onset of labor. My daughter arrived in her strong spirited way more than 2 weeks before her due date and a day before her baby shower. She made a grand entrance after nearly 20...

Posted to Notes From Ivanna (Weblog) by Ivanna on 06-01-2009

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