why are you here reading? what made you first come to my blog and why do you stick around?
Most blogs seem to be in a "Category". you know what category they are by checking their blogrolls- you've got your homeschooling blogs, your food blogs, your adoption blogs ect
This blog has touched on , or gone deeply into several subjects- homeschooling, fostering, homemaking, large family, adoption,Christian faith, baby-loss, and more recently midwife/homebirth rants. But i refuse to define myself into on category..
However, i am interested in knowing what you want to hear more of, and do you have any questions for me? i need some promptings to get off my blogging bottom and post...
liz
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I mainly check your blog to see how Willow is doing; so more updates would be great! Also, I wonder how the case against the midwife is going. And how you're doing with missing Aquila. It must be hard balancing the grief and loss along with the joy of a new baby girl. I'm so happy you have Willow, but sad for you that you lost Aquila.
Initially I found your blog by following the link from another friend's blog. However, your story touched me so deeply I stayed around and have followed you for the last 13 months or so. I love reading about how you find balance, updates on the kids and am amazed at how you've found strength within yourself to carry on. You must have an amazing support system as well as deep rooted faith. While you and I are completely opposite in our lives, I find your blog inspiring and enjoyable to read and have recommended it to many of my own friends.
I read for the same reasons as the two PP. I think I have mentioned this before, but your story touched me so profoundly, that I finally faced the reality that mama's lose their babies.
As a woman who is open to life, we may have the gift of many more pregnancies in the future. It was truly God who pointed me to your blog, as I had never really dealt with babyloss. I have had a late 1st trimester m/c, so I only know how that felt...to read and follow the loss of your baby-and then others who lost their babies, truly has made me grow as a Christian and mother.
To be able to pray for you mama's who have lost so much, and allow myself to go there-the what if I lose my baby someday, was really necessary to deal with. I think our world ignores that mama's do lose their babies-I know I did.
So, thank you for sharing so much. I would like to read about how Willow fits into your family with missing Aquila. Of course, only if YOU want to share..but does it have a healing effect? Does it bring up raw emotions? I have thought about that since Willow was born-what joy it must bring to hold your baby warm and full of life this time, and yet what sadness still.
So, that's why I read, and what I wonder about. I still pray for you, and feel so incredibly connected through your story being the one that helped me face reality.
God Bless!
I came to your blog from mdc after you lost Aquila. I had a homebirth gone wrong experience (my daughter didn't die, but she's permanently disabled) so I suppose I empathized on a personal level. I stuck around because your life is interesting and your faith is inspiring.
I'd also love to hear more about how Willow has fit into your family. I miscarried our first son at 16 weeks, and got pregnant quickly with another boy. It was emotional for me on a number of levels.
I came to your blog because of Aquila and stick around just because I want to hear all about Willow and Aquila too...and for you! xo
I am a mother of two (2 and 4) and a physician who works with prenatal and infant deaths -- a difficult combination some days! Came to your blog from one of the OB blogs (academicob, maybe?). Your story about Aquila's homebirth was arresting, especially since I encountered it not that long after my second child was born. Now, I check up on the blog to see Willow growing. It sometimes feels like in my work I see the tragedies like Aquila, and don't get the happier follow-up stories, like Willow. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs so generously.
If you would like to write about it some time, I would benefit a great deal from understanding what I can do as a doctor for mothers in your situation (both with Aquila and now with Willow). What information would have been helpful or comforting during difficult times? Do you read medical reports, and do other birth-loss moms? When I write them, I assume parents will read them and write with them as part of the intended audience.
If you're uncomfortable with my reading the blog with a "doctor hat" on as well as a "mother hat," tell me and I'll respect that, too.
I came to your blog through the Skeptical OB and have been touched by Aquila's story. I admire your tenacity in fighting your midwife against great odds and am inspired by the way that you have continued on.
I can't really remember how I found your blog while on maternity leave with my son (born 13 Nov. 2009)...maybe it was about breastfeeding...something I was ALWAYS reading about at the time. My new mommy heart kept me reading (and praying) for you every day. You are strong, honest, and seek truth...and that's what keeps me coming back. :)
I was definitely led here from MDC. I was just reading birth stories and saw yours. I am expecting baby no. 6 and have had 3 hospital and two homebirths. I was, at the time, trying to figure out if another homebirth was the best choice. My midwife didn't make it for my last birth. Anyhow, I was astounded by your story and it was the final reason we are seeing a CNM and planning a natural birth in a hospital this time. I truly felt God used your story to aid in my decision process. I have been an OB hospital hater for years due to traumatic experiences and I am hoping to come full-circle and be able to have a positive experience there this time! I pray for you and and send warm wishes from PA. :-)
I am here because I read your story about Aquila on MDC, and I'm still here because you are such a strong and loving mom whose faith is so clearly visible in everything you do and everything you write.
Hi Liz. I came over from Dr. Amy's site ("S" over there) and lurked around a bit several months ago when you were not very far along in your pregnancy with Willow, i think. Congratulations on your beautiful new daughter! You have such a lovely family.
I can't even imagine how hard it must be for you to go through your holidays without Aquila. Your honesty and faith are truly inspiring to me.
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