About

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I really dislike writing “About me” paragraphs.  It is so hard to capture who I am in my own words.  The easy stuff – I am a wife (of 21+ years!), a mother of 3, a lactation consultant in private practice and a childbirth educator with Birth Boot Camp.  Motherhood has been life-changing for me, literally.  I grew up in a family where no one breastfed.  No one even considered giving birth without an epidural.  We grew up on processed foods, just like everyone else I knew.  The only vegetables I ate were canned corn, canned green beans and fried potatoes.  My semi-obsessive need to research and my desire to do better for my children started the change.  Specific health needs forced even more change that has been for the good of our whole family.  I will share more about our journey in good time.  Just know that the journey has taken 13+ years.  Learn and grow, learn and grow.  That’s what it is all about. Like me, you may discover that breastfeeding, natural childbirth, co-sleeping, clean eating, attachment parenting and other “weird” practices are normal after all!