Washers and dryers, I’m so thankful to have both and the electricity to run them. However, even with a dryer I always end up with a laundry room full of wet hanging jeans, shorts, shirts, table cloths etc, that I don’t want the dryer to shrink, fade or mess up. A video of our setup […]
Birth Story Collections {Elizabeth’s Home Water Birth}
August 23, 2014 By 26 Comments
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! If you would like to share your birth story, please email me at thepromiselandfarm [at] gmail.com A Healing Home Water Birth This is the story of the home water birth of Elizabeth Joy, our second daughter. The story begins three years before Elizabeth with the home […]
Birth Story Collections {Emsley’s Breech Home Birth}
January 1, 2014 By 3 Comments
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! Did you know that breech babies are a variation of normal? Let me rephrase that, breech babies are normal and you can have a home birth with a breech baby! Just because you have a breech baby does not mean you need to schedule a c-section. […]
Birth Story Collections {Paisley’s Home Birth}
December 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! If you would like to share your birth story, please email me at thepromiselandfarm[at]gmail.com Heather lives in Kansas with her husband, daughter, and zen dog Charley on a 20 acre homestead. They have chickens for eggs and meat, a milk cow, beef cow, and are growing […]
Birth Story Collections {Anatel’s Home Water Birth}
November 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! If you would like to share your birth story, please email me at thepromiselandfarm[at]gmail.com Miriam and Robert are from Texas. Miriam is a Stay-at-Home Mommy and Robert is an EMT. They have a new puppy and are planning to start gardening next spring. Miriam is interested […]
Birth Story Collections {Jane’s Hospital Birth}
October 28, 2013 By 1 Comment
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! If you would like to share your birth story, please email me at thepromiselandfarm[at]gmail.com I have a remarkable birth story from two of my dear friends at birth of there first daughter. They planned a natural birth center delivery with midwifes and ended up transferring to […]
Birth Story Collections {GNOWFGLINS a C-Section and two VBAC Births}
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! If you would like to share your birth story, please email me at thepromiselandfarm[at]gmail.com I have special story for you from Wardee Harmon at GNOWFGLINS.com. Wardee Harmon lives in Southwest Oregon with her husband and their three children. They raise a dairy cow, chickens and goats, and garden […]
Birth Story Collections {Isabella’s Home Birth}
August 6, 2013 By 5 Comments
Welcome to Birth Story Collections at The Promiseland Farm! For the first story in the collection, I’m going to share the birth story of our little girl, Isabella in 2011. If you have a birth story you’d like to share, please email me at thepromiselandfarm[at]gmail.com Fear is a strong motivator. Fear fueled by the unknown […]
Babies First Foods
August 2, 2013 By 5 Comments
Three reasons to avoid rice cereal and grains for babies first foods 1.) Rice cereal and all extruded grains are a processed food. Feeding your baby is serious business, do you really want to leave that responsibility to big business and government recommendations?! Rice cereal and all extruded grain “Cereals are mixed or mashed with […]
New Baby Preparations and The Baby Registry
November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
This is a blog post for all parents-to-be and parents who are still adding to their baby gadget inventory! 🙂 It’s been almost a year and a half since we prepped for the arrival of our first baby, Isabella. My entire pregnancy was an investigation of what baby stuff we needed and how to set […]
Preparing for Our First Baby
June 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two years ago, I had no idea what a midwife was or knew anyone who had a home birth. I also had no idea how to de-bone a chicken, make broth, milk a cow or find a raw milk dairy, buy pastured meats, raise and process chickens and turkeys, grow vegetables, cook with good oils […]
