The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

Jessica was one of the MotherVerse workshop attendees in May. Thank you for the submission of “My name is…What?” Jessica.
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I try to resist the pull to fulfill his desires. He craves my attention, my embrace, my gaze, but I want the moment to be mine alone. I am successful only until he says my name. […]

The Dar a Luz a Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing knowledge and support for women during their pregnancies, births, and early motherhood, introduces their new blog “We Birth” at www.daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com. The blog includes stories from women who have had many different kinds of births, including some wonderful homebirth stories! They are also accepting […]

I discovered The Compleat Mother magazine (yes I’m spelling that right) shortly after my daughter was born 4 years ago and it still continues to influence my life as a parent even today. The magazine of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding; Compleat Mother focuses on natural parenting and is a consistently refreshing and interesting read. I […]

For a majority of new parents in the U.S. today, having a child inspires a shift to greener living. Motivated by the natural instinct to protect their children from harm, today’s eco-conscious parents are going to great lengths, and spending more, to clean without chemicals, eat organic, and explore alternative healthcare options. This suits […]

As I looked down at Baby who was still sucking his way to sleep, I thought,
What happened?
I had him sleeping on his own at around 5 months for a few months until I buckled under the boredom of nursing him for an hour at a time by myself in a dim room, while hubby relaxed […]

A mother is honored three times more than the father in Islam because of these three things:
1. Pregnancy
2. Childbirth
3. Breastfeeding
It was elaborated by a prominent Muslim scholar that a mother has to undergo those three while a father only participates in raising the child in other ways. So a child’s duty towards the mother is […]

Food allergy was a foreign topic to me until I saw for myself the trouble my friend has to go through with her multiple allergic 3 year old. It was still foreign to me until I had Baby in April of 2007.
I had my firstborn in 1997. She had and still has recurring outbreaks of […]

As we all know, having a baby changes our lives dramatically. You no longer sleep like you used to, and at times, you can no longer do things that you used to do.
I gave up reading when I started popping out baby after baby until there were three. I also gave up journaling when I […]

This time around I thought I would do it ‘right’, because I would not repeat the mistakes I did with my first three children. It’s like a second chance at being a new parent.
Lo and behold, my fifth baby was born with a rolled tongue. He wouldn’t nurse right away, and for the first night […]

The herd of elephants stampeded away from their water holes, running for the lives, leaving behind a trail of dust cloud. As the camera captured the scene from their flanks, a stumbling gray figure fell behind of the herd.
“Oh, it’s a baby elephant! Oh poor thing!” I exclaimed, pointing at the TV, as my kids […]