Earlier this year, St. Martin’s Press published Sam Thomas' debut novel, The Midwife’s Tale: A Mystery . The novel is set in seventeenth...

The photographer who's coming to my birth is offering a free Bliss family package . If you live in the greater Lafayette or Indianapoli...

I have several exciting giveaways coming up! The first is a Post Pregnancy Belly Wrap by Vespa & the Ladybird .   Abdominal binding...

We had a quiet family celebration for Inga's 2nd birthday yesterday. Zari and Dio were begging to give Inga her presents as soon as we w...

Because this baby might be our last, I wanted to do something really special for the birth. I've done a belly cast , I've had a henn...

I'm almost 37 weeks now, but we've been crazy busy with home renovations, working on some of our rental units, and dealing with sick...

The month of December was busy preparing for family to visit. We repainted the upstairs hallway, back staircase, and master bedroom. That ma...

I remember learning during a freshman course on ethnobotany how, in some Polynesian cultures, men would get neck-to-knee body tattoos. It wa...

I hope you can be a part of my Blessingway! I've decided to host a virtual celebration before the baby comes. Then after the birth, I...

After batch dyeing 6 different hues for a duvet cover, I tried my hand at ombré dip-dyeing. Dharma  Trading Co. advises starting with the ...

During an unusually warm spell early this December, I tried my hand at ombré dyeing. I wanted a duvet cover with hues like this duvet cover ...

Some days I feel huuuuuuge! I'm not actually that big, though. My belly sticks out a good amount, but from side to side it's quit...

Eric sent me an article last night about The link between kids who walk or bike to school and concentration .  I haven't been able to ge...

Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West by John M. Riddle. I've read bits and pieces of this during my g...

In yesterday's discussion about family size , I left out one really big factor: how children affect a marriage. I'm not saying that ...

a.k.a. Stop at Four or Have One More? The question of being done having children never came up until this pregnancy. Eric is more tha...

I was organizing files on my computer, and I found these photos I took last August. I guess I was going to use them to announce my pregnancy...

Zari finally got her turn in a pregnancy silhouette! She's not quite this tall--she was standing on a small step stool. Don't you...

I recently received this update from Iva Jancigova, who helped me translate some articles about home birth legislation from Czech to English...

With baby #4 on its way in about 2 months, we're facing a big decision: buying a car that will fit 6 people. We love our 2003 VW Golf, a...