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If you're a mom or hope to be one some day you're likely aware of at least one person in your life who has experienced difficulties conceiving a child. If you haven't learned of anyone with this experience I'm here to report that one day you probably will.

So many women experience issues with fertility. It's something that is not always discussed. It's something that sometimes you won't hear until you share your own story. Then the understanding shares happen.

I've been provided with some stats with respect to infertility and difficulty conceiving that I'd like to share with you today.

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BirthTouch® Shiatsu and Acupressure for the Childbearing Year, Kathy Morelli ~ Book review

BirthTouch® Shiatsu and Acupressure for the Childbearing Year is a book by my friend Kathy Morelli. Kathy is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked with women for many years. She has worked with women both, during their pregnancies and during the postpartum period, and is a well-known advocate for increasing knowledge and information on postpartum mental health.

Kathy's book was such an important read. While not entirely applicable to me at the time (I was not pregnant while reading her book, much of the work is geared towards the childbearing year - as is stated in the title), I learned so much from what she covered regarding helping pregnant women experience as comfortable a pregnancy as possible.

Touch is tremendously healing.

If you didn't know that already, you will know it after reading Kathy's book.

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Rockin' The Bump!

Linking up today with Shell over at Things I Can't Say and Rockin' the Bump. I will confess that I was someone who LOVED being pregnant. I was never more at ease or relaxed in my body, and I never had that explosive baby bump that I actually longed for. Oh, don't get me wrong, she was there and she showed, but I was a large pregnant woman with a not-so-large belly for most of my pregnancy!



Here's a picture of me in Germany at somewhere around 4-5 (I think it was more like 4-1/2) months pregnant.

And here is a shot of me with my newborn niece six weeks before my own daughter was born. I flew into New York for her birth, with my big ole pregnant belly and fears that the seatbelt on the airplane wouldn't close! But I did just fine, my not-yet-here-baby did great and stayed put, and my niece enjoyed resting on the bump for a bit.


I really don't have nearly enough shots. I mean, I have pregnancy pics and all, of just day-to-day or special events during the 38 weeks, but nothing like here's my big ole belly and monthly or weekly stomach shots as some women do.

Thanks to Shell for reminding me what a blessing pregnancy was for us, and how it really feels amazing to respect and adore one's body as I did at that time!

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