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Why Natural Birth?
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Many times during my pregnancy with Evelyn, when I would tell someone I was planning to birth her naturally, I would get the inevitable “why?”. That, or someone would say ” you are brave, I could never do that.” The idea that birth is something beyond what the average woman can do on her [...]
Evelyn’s Birth Story
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Evelyn Rubin was born on June 22nd (my late Grandfather Sam’s birthday) at 4:45 pm. I was 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant and had been having contractions on and off for about 2 weeks, so I was definitely anxious to have her. The day before her birth, I had contractions from about 1pm through at [...]
The Newest Rubin
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It’s been the news you (and we) have been waiting for. Evelyn Rubin arrived this afternoon at 4:45pm weighing in at 8lbs, 7oz. Shannon gave birth naturally with my calming voice as her only drug. She was a total superhero. I’ll have a full debrief here on the site in due time, but I just wanted to [...]
Counting down the days…
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OK, so for those who haven’t figured it out yet, our next little one is on her way (and God willing, will be here in a couple weeks). I’m saying it publicly now, since you would surely guess it from the photos I posted today.
Shannon has been bugging me about taking some “belly” pictures, so we [...]
My Last Hurrah
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost six months since I returned from my last deployment. The first few months of my return was mostly a whirlwind of reintroducing myself to my family, moving, training for a new job, and knocking out about 10,000 to-dos.
As most of you know, I like to take [...]
Remembering Our Angel
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This post is a little late, but we’ve been busy running around before I deploy. I wanted to actually take some time to sit down and write something meaningful.
The unveiling of Sonia’s gravestone was held over Memorial Day weekend. It was a beautiful sunny day, just like it was on the day of her [...]
