Author: macr1

I cannot say enough about Tender Beginnings. From day one, we felt very comfortable with Mary Anne. She is practical, knowledgeable, warm, and caring. I

My second child and second son, Christian Palmer, was born on Saturday, February 5th, 2011 in a beautiful at-home water-birth. I was surrounded by my

I couldn’t really get to sleep Saturday night and didn’t until 3am on Sunday, August 8, 2010. I woke back up at 5:30 am having

I had an acupuncture session every single day during the week leading up to the baby’s due date. I was really, really hoping that with

When I hit week 41 of pregnancy I started to get very anxious and impatient for baby to arrive. I was also huge and uncomfortable

In utero Brickelle liked to sleep more during the day and was more active at night. She was also hard to wake up to get

It was Thursday evening, May 21st, I was 39 weeks 2 days pregnant. We were having a nice family night together, just the three of

It was Thursday, June 21st and I was 36 weeks 2 days along in my pregnancy. We had been planning a homebirth with our midwife

Wow…she’s really here. It is truly a surreal feeling. The entire night felt surreal, actually. I was at the kitchen counter Thursday night, attempting to