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Facing your fears: planning for cesarean when you are preparing for VBAC

October 21, 2015 by Aprille 5 Comments

July 22, 2015 I’m 35 weeks pregnant today. Last night, we attended the 2nd week of our two-week “childbirth refresher” course at the hospital where we will be having Little Brother. Another mom asked a question about catheter procedure during epidurals and spinals, and I almost gasped. Just like that I remembered that the night … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: anxiety, birth plan, cesarean, fear, fears, nightmares, PTSD, TOLAC, VBAC

Preparing for VBAC: Processing your birth fears

October 20, 2015 by Aprille 2 Comments

A lot of the work of birthing can be done during pregnancy – especially the emotional work. Take the time to consider your fears or anxiety about birth and work through those. This is especially important for first time mamas and mamas planning a VBAC. … As midwife and Russian birth pioneer Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova says … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: birth, fear, pregnancy, TOLAC, VBAC

Fear {on parenting a high needs child when planning for the next one}

February 27, 2015 by Aprille 11 Comments

I laid in bed this morning and my heart was filled with fear. It was 5:20 AM. I had just refused Ezra’s adamant requests to cover him up, and now he was screaming at me through the door. I cover him up multiple times, every night, and at every night waking. But then he will … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Little Brother, Motherhood, Pregnancy & Birth, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: Ezra, fatigue, fear, high needs, pregnancy, sleep deprivation, special needs

Broken faith: more of my testimony and what God has done (and is doing) for me

January 20, 2015 by Aprille 16 Comments

What’s your testimony? What has God done for you? I’m unsure how to answer the questions posed by a trusted counselor. In the past the story of my testimony has been the “easy” answer to the church-ese question: When did you get saved? I’ve never shared the answer here because my testimony is so much … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Hope: One Word for 2015, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: brokenness, faith, fear, grace, hope, legalism, recovery, salvation, testimony

this #whitespace is a mighty work because I’m moving a mountain

March 27, 2014 by Aprille 13 Comments

this choosing of whitespace, it’s a mighty work. I’m moving a mountain of stress, anxiety, fear, one shovel of scary crap and deep breath at a time.

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Posted in: Five Minute Fridays, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: anxiety, elizabeth esther, fear, legalism, recovery, whitespace

Afraid {Five Minute Friday}

February 1, 2013 by Aprille 7 Comments

Today I am participating in a weekly feature on lisajobaker.com called Five Minute Fridays. Bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for *five minutes. “No *editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.” Today’s topic is “Afraid.” GO. “Afraid.” Nah…I’m not doing that one. But a few moments later, I heard another voice: What are you … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Finding "Home" in 2013, Five Minute Fridays, Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: afraid, army, ets, fear, five minute friday

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