Kale Recipe

New Favorite Greens Recipe (from Bill in my Nutritional Healing Class)
1/2 cup Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 cup Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves of garlic
Sprinkle of sea salt
Bunch of Kale

Cut Kale into bite sized pieces. Mix other ingredients in a large ziploc bag and allow sea salt to dissolve. Add Kale, shake (with bag closed), and allow to marinate overnight. So good, it doesn't last long.

Natural Birth Class

We had our first Natural Birth class with Doula and midwife-to-be Melanie Brindle. It was pretty informative and fun--Jon even enjoyed it. There are maybe 6 other couples in the class--one other couple is planning a homebirth.

http://www.empowering-birth.com/

I am also preparing for birth with Hypnobabies. I listen to my pregnancy affirmations everyday--they are very positive and nice to listen to. You an listen to them in the car or while doing housework. I also listen to a different hypnosis exercise everynight.

New belly pics!

Like my droopy sweat pants?

Here's the newest picture (no, that's not a bra hanging up!)

Breakdancing Pregnant Ladies

These pregnant ladies can move! Okay, the breakdancers aren't pregnant. This was a staged event to raise consciousness about health care for women in developing countries. Everyday 1400 women die in pregnancy and childbirth around the world due to lack of health care. Found this gem at Mothering Magazine.

Florida

For my 30th Birthday and our "Babymoon", we went to Florida for 5 days. It's was warm and amazing which is just what we needed. Just feeling the soft sun on my skin was reason enough to go.

The Everglades.

Audubon House in Key West.

Real Astronaut John Fabian at NASA. He gave a talk and spoke about his experience in Space and our fragile planet.

Baby Harpo and I board a rocket into space at the Kennedy Space Center.

Growing Belly

Here's my belly at around 27 weeks. Looks like I'm growing everywhere. :) My baby Harpo is moving more and more everyday. He's kind of a feisty fellow. We play a game where I gently tap my belly and he kicks back.

We went to see Cheryl Gates the midwife and everything is progressing perfectly. My body naturally knows what to do just like the sky knows how to make rain and yellow forsythia flowers know how to trumpet spring. We will now see Cheryl every two weeks to check our progress.

I saw Hypnotherapist Dr. Plumb today to help me trust my body in birth. He has been very helpful in guiding me to relax and allow my body do what it was made to do.

Belly Picture Week 24 and Exciting News

Here are two pictures from week 24; my dog Blondie cannot believe the size of my belly. I finally look pregnant to strangers which is a powerful tool. People are naturally protective and loving to pregnant people.

Good news is that my little son Harpo is getting a cousin--my sister and her husband are expecting and are on week 13--already 2nd Trimester. What a gift to my son to have a cousin his same age. It makes my pregnancy even more enjoyable to share with her. I wish their little family good blessings and health--I can't wait to see Sissy's little baby bump start to show.