samanthaannie has a recipe in the cookbook - show me
appreciating the blooming japanese lantern shade tree in the front yard
that tree still reminds me of giving birth as I stared out the window at it during our "pool party"
Meredith,
I love the quaker silence as a way to cope with all sorts of things. Birthing from Within is the best tool kit to get ready for labor. During labor, I think moaning, walking, showering, and pulling on something helped greatly. For transition I offer this advice from a birthing video, "It hurts, and you can do it."
I just looked down and Eliza is giving her toy squirrel a turn nursing and said nummy-nummy.