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All Births Count

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We cannot help but to compare our experiences with other moms.  It seems that in so much of our everyday parenting, we tend to...
{Disclaimer: We are working with EarthySoul to bring you this information. However, all opinions are our own!} To say I was looking forward to a...
So our family is excited to announce that we will be adding another little one to our family in early May! photo take by North...
When my son was born, I was eleven days past my due date. Those eleven days were amongst the longest days of my entire...
Are you hoping for an “on-time” arrival? As a midwife and new mother, I knew the emotional dangers of becoming attached to my due date...
Like a growing number of Vermonters, my husband and I decided to wait to have a baby. I was nearing my mid-thirties when we...
Two years ago, I had a miscarriage. I was about nine weeks into the first trimester, feeling terribly sick until one day I woke...
I’ve always defined the word “scar” as the visible mark left by a wound or injury.  But the dictionary defines it as “the mark...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Vermont Midwives Association to bring you our latest series titled “How I Became a Mother” in honor of Mother’s Day.  Each...
I have a breastfeeding confession: I think breastfeeding is weird. Yes, I said it. I also think it's really amazing, cool, and something that...
It seems like once you are married, everyone starts asking you when you are having a baby.  Then once you have a baby, everyone...
I’m a local doula and childbirth educator, and more importantly for this post, a MOTHER. As part of my Preparation for Birth series, I...
We all know that it takes a village to raise a child. But in some cases, it can take a village to even conceive...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...