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A Recap of Our 2018!

December 21, 2018 By Haley 4 Comments

In some ways 2018 felt a million years long and in some ways it's just flown by--packed full of stuff. I wanted to share some of the big events with you (partly just to document for myself!). January: -I'm several weeks in to my worst pregnancy so far due to more severe hyperemesis gravidarum (I always think next time will be better..reader...next time is not better). -Netflix and La … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Bookishness, Breastfeeding, Children, Family & Homesteading

Hildie’s Birth Story: Part II, The Wild Ride

August 7, 2018 By Haley 72 Comments

This is Part II. You definitely want to start with Part I to hear about how I was sent home from the hospital and told I was "not in labor." Back at home I laid on the couch with one leg over a couch pillow while Daniel dozed on a yoga mat on the floor next to me, holding my hand through contractions. The contractions were becoming unbearable and I started to feel overheated during them and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Family & Homesteading, Pregnancy Tagged With: Birth, Birth Story, hildegard rose, Labor, pregnancy

Hildie’s Birth Story: Part I, “You’re Not in Labor”

August 6, 2018 By Haley 21 Comments

To arrive at our sweet girl’s absolutely wild birth story, the stage must be set. It was a rough pregnancy. 25 weeks of debilitating nausea due to HG followed by a third trimester of lightheadedness and the other perks that come with anemia. Then my midwife mentioned, “Hmmmm, looks like she’s breech. But don’t freak out because she has plenty of time to turn.” I did start to freak out and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Family & Homesteading, Pregnancy Tagged With: Birth, Birth Story, breech, external cephalic version, hildegard rose, hildie, Labor, pregnancy, prodromal labor, transverse

A Hospital Bag Checklist for the Catholic Mom

July 16, 2018 By Haley 20 Comments

Catholic Hospital Bag

I am 38 weeks tomorrow. My baby girl continues to stubbornly stay breech and transverse in there so this week is chock full of chiropractor visits, more handstands at the pool, acupuncture, moxibustion, and if all that fails (as it has been) an external version at the hospital on Friday. I am feeling very not in control of much right now. But I can pack my hospital bag (and I plan to take it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Family & Homesteading, Pregnancy Tagged With: Birth, catholic hospital bag, delivery, pregnancy

“So Are You Done Having Kids?”

April 15, 2018 By Haley 41 Comments

So are you done having kids?

“So are you done having kids? Is this your last pregnancy?” I’ve been asked this after each one of my pregnancies. And until this one (my 4th), I have always responded with a resounding “no!” (with the caveat that none of us are entitled to a baby and we can’t always predict secondary infertility). But keep the babies coming! No plans to stop! Enough for a quidditch team! But this time my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Catholicism, Faith & Liturgical Living, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood, NFP, Pregnancy Tagged With: babies, HG pregnancy, nfp, pregnancy

A New (Little) Adventure for Our Family, Coming Summer 2018

December 7, 2017 By Haley 70 Comments

Gwen refused to be in this photo from our trip to NOLA on the way home for Thanksgiving. But THERE'S STILL FIVE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE. Did you catch that?! I’m good at keeping secrets about other people. About myself? Not so much. And I’ve been dying to tell you this for the past month! It is with greatest joy that I announce that we are expecting a new baby next summer! We are absolutely … [Read more...]

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Learning to Trust God Through Childbirth

November 18, 2013 By Haley 7 Comments

(The book is done, but while I'm swamped setting up the logistics of launching it, my sweet friend and one of my favorite bloggers, Christy of fountains of home is here to share some beautiful thoughts. - Haley) When I think back and look over my spiritual journey as it were, there are many different experiences which make up my faith as it is now. There have been times of spiritual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Birth, Family & Homesteading Tagged With: childbirth, christy, trusting God

Gwen’s Birth Story: Part III

June 12, 2013 By Haley 25 Comments

Catch up on Part I and II before diving into Part III :) It was almost 4am and it didn’t feel like we were anywhere close to meeting our baby... After 9 hours of active labor I was exhausted and discouraged. Since I had to get back in bed for my penicillin dose and to be monitored for a few minutes, I asked the nurse to examine me to see what kind of progress I’d made since I was 4.5 cm in … [Read more...]

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Gwen’s Birth Story: Part II

June 11, 2013 By Haley 12 Comments

  As I shared in Part I, I was dilated 4.5 cm in triage, so they got us set up in a labor and delivery room with our wonderful nurse Christine just after 7pm. My mom (my unofficial doula) arrived and started heating up socks filled with rice to place against my lower back to relieve some of the pain from the back labor while I got my penicillin drip. Socks with uncooked rice, guys! Helps … [Read more...]

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Gwen’s Birth Story: Part I

June 10, 2013 By Haley 11 Comments

  How Gwen Stellamaris came into the world. If the details of labor and birth gross you out, feel free to stop reading now (I can hear my brother clicking away from this post!). This pregnancy was by far the hardest of my three. The endless weeks of morning sickness, the exhaustion, the acid reflux. I was more than ready to put it behind me and meet my new little daughter. As with Lucy, … [Read more...]

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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