The Swede Life

And now we are three. Kids, that is. A family of five. I have been busy making a person, not doing much blogging. 42 weeks on the dot, on Ma...

American Mother's Day Sunday I slept late and woke up to find this lovely hand colored banner hanging in the kitchen. Swedegirl immediat...

So how is my Swedish? How am I adjusting to living abroad? I understand some Swedish..... Like when he says 'Donut!' When my daught...

Soul Sisters I got to attend my soul sister in birth the eve of my departure from Florida to Sweden. It was one sweet birth, the love so BIG...

Welcome Charlottte Elizabeth! My sister had a baby July 13th, and this sweet new neice is Charlotte, from Charlotte, NC. Congratulations, si...

Hedgehog Medicine: Rising American Maternal Mortality rates, and a call for the help of any quilters out there. When I was talking to my fr...

Nursing Mother News Flash Perhaps its my own blind spot, since as a midwife my care of women concluded at 6 weeks. My knowledge of the terra...

One month. My baby is almost a month old! She has gained about two pounds, and can hold her head up well, and gives lovely milky smiles. I ...

A Labor and Birth Story Click on the picture below for a PG-rated photo montage of labor and birth. (Windows Media Player will open, and ple...

New Baby Land SwedeBaby So that's where we are, floating in new baby land.... I feel a bit run down, and am sleeping lots, but feel TONs...

Announcing: Our Second Baby!!!! A girl born 3-9-09 at home in the water at 1:30 am, weighs 8.2 lbs/ 3.7 kilos . So 'second baby' wh...