I’m still pregnant.

This should not be too much of a surprise since I’m not even due until May 9th. But even though it’s not surprising, it is a little…disappointing, frustrating, wearying. Every morning I think, “I just wish I knew when the baby was coming. Then I could pace myself.” I keep telling the Lord [...]

I had been thinking about writing a post about natural birth for a while, but then I discovered that Daja over at In Other Words has already done it so well that all I have to do is provide links to her excellent series. Daja is a doula and childbirth instructor who wrote this series [...]

I haven’t talked much about this (yet! ) on my blog, but all three of our babies were born at home, and we are praying for and planning a fourth homebirth for the newest little Parunak on the way. Christine, over at Lily of the Valley, just published some nice links on mothering [...]