My freelance (emphasis on the free) writing continues to be published on my hospital's blog, The Mommy-Go-Round, and my doula's blog at Birth Help. Here are a few recent posts:
Better Birth Through Improved Communication
I’m a communications professional by trade with degrees in journalism
and years of experience in public relations. I excel with the written
word and communicating within a marketing framework. Communicating is my
vocation, but when it came to talking to my doctor about my wishes for
childbirth I came up short. Standing up for myself and what I need does
not come naturally to me.
I needed some help to become a more effective communicator in the doctor-patient relationship.
VBAC Success: I Will Push This Baby Out of My Vagina
Despite everything stacking up against my desire for a VBAC (vaginal
birth after cesarean) – previous big baby, ultrasound estimating an even
bigger baby, being overdue and having gestational diabetes – I was
ultimately successful and delivered my second daughter vaginally.
Our Jaundice Experience
Both my daughters had jaundice, a condition in which the baby’s blood
contains too much bilirubin and makes her skin and eyes appear yellow.
My older daughter’s jaundice resolved itself on its own, but my younger
daughter born at the end of March had a more severe case. She had a lot
of risk factors – exclusively breastfed, larger baby (born 10 lbs, 8
oz.) and our blood types were incompatible, which seemed to be the thing
that worried the pediatrician the most.
A Mama's Choice: Getting Started Breastfeeding
I breastfed my first daughter for 26 months, and that nursing
relationship was a very healing thing for me after the disappointment of
my C-section. I’m proud of myself and my body for feeding and
nourishing her for so long. So I knew no matter how my second birth went
I would be a nursing mom again for this second baby.
I have high hopes to actually write more HERE and have a list of posts I'd like to write (and have probably written dozens of times in my head). Nothing earth shattering but just continuing to chronicle bits and pieces of this life I'm living. Time at a keyboard is limited, and I'm also trying to work on a (paid!)
freelance project and ease back into my volunteer work at church.
Progressive Christian wife, mama, writer, editor & crocheter blogging from Baton Rouge
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