so much to say.

i have so many posts buzzing around in my head–not the least of which is the afterbirth story, which i’m not quite in the headspace to write–but time away from being the boob is precious and scarce, so i will have to spit them out as i get little breaks.
right now, my girls are sleeping [...]

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yawn

last night was rough. today has been rough. exhausted. wish i had more words than these, but all extra energy is being expended on keeping above the hormones.
so here are some naked baby photos:

ETA: i am so very much in love with my perfect little girl. we’re just figuring out [...]

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one week.

today, my darling girl has been with us for a week. at this time last week, i was dry heaving after my castor oil smoothie, my contractions were coming to closer together, and i was just 6 hours away from giving birth. i had no idea how real my daughter was about to [...]

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money shots.

how dare i be so vain to think you’re reading this blog because you want to see ME?! forgive me. and now, what you came here for:

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thus endeth the belly shots.

holy jebus. as a girl who has had roll after belly roll since i was 5, i am so effing proud of my post partum belly.

(39 weeks, and 6 days post partum.)

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first lazy monday morning

we’ve been a napping little fambly all day thus far. oh the pricelessness. here’s the view from here, as i’ve finally gotten out MY camera!
what i found upon returning to bed from a nice, hot shower:

(this may be my favorite picture ever.)
smooshy faced mama and sparkstress:

milk drunk baby in black & white:

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milestones.

it’s a sunny sunday evening here in the bedroom. my eyelids are heavy, but i’ve got a baby to feed in a bit, so i will stay awake by updating.
first of all, wow. we are floored by the amazing support of people around the world caring about the beginning of our little [...]

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birth story.

[note: m = midwife, v = backup midwife, and s = midwife apprentice.]
on june 18, i woke up with a craving for blueberry muffins. i’d been dreaming of them, freshly baked. and so i woke h up at about 7, and asked her to go for a morning walk with me. i [...]

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perfect, squishy baby

i plan on writing jude’s birth story today, if she gives me more than 5 minutes between feedings, but in the meantime, here is a pic of her perfect squishiness. her uncle dennis took the pic on his cameraphone. once i am able to actually sit on my sad, healing ass, i plan [...]

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welcome sparky!

ladies and gentlemen, meet sparky, aka baby jude:

i am utterly wrecked with exhaustion at the moment, so here are the raw details, with stories to follow:
judith marguerite was born AT HOME on 18 june 2008 at 11:09 pm. she is our full moon, almost-juneteenth baby. she came very quickly after the midwives arrived [...]

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