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Welcome to the Growing Up Herbal Journal where you'll find information on herbal education, recipes, tutorials, natural living tips and tricks, and behind the scenes glimpses of how I live life naturally.

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My baby, Ezrah, is turning 3 in four days, and I haven’t even written his birth story yet. Bad mama… I know.  Well, that’s all about to change. Today, I’m here to share Ezrah’s birth story with you and to get some memories down for the future. If you haven’t read my previous birth stories […]

Birth Story: Ezrah - The Almost Perfect Birth | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my birth story for my four child, Ezrah, including tough decisions, lessons learned, and happy memories!

Today I’m sharing my thoughts on birthing in an interview with Megan Alton over at her blog Waking Up Happy. Megan is a wife, mother, doula, and childbirth advocate, and I’m so thankful to participate in her wonderful Knowing Birth Series! Thanks Megan!! CLICK HERE to read my interview!

Welcome back to my last birth story! If you missed either of the previous two, follow these links to get to them -> Judah’s Birth Story & Isaiah’s Birth Story. And… Another Baby Like I said in my last post, Dean and I knew we wanted to have more than two children, and we wanted […]

Birth Story: Uriah - Almost As Good As It Gets | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my third birth story... the birth of Uriah James Visser! Check it out!

Monday I told you about Judah’s birth story… about how it was much longer than expected, and about how my much-wanted home-birth didn’t end up happening. Well, today, I’m sharing Isaiah’s birth story, and it’s quite different than Judah’s. Another Baby My husband and I always knew we wanted a big family. Just how big, […]

Birth Story: Isaiah - AKA... Speedy Gonzales | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing about the exciting birth of my second baby, Isaiah, today on the blog!

Warning! Long post ahead! A Baby In August of 2007, I was beyond excited when I found out I was pregnant. I think I took a pregnancy test 3 times just to make sure. My husband and I had tried to get pregnant since our 1 year anniversary earlier that June, and I couldn’t wait […]

Birth Story: Judah – The Kid That Almost Never Came | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my first birth story with you today including how my homebirth turned into a hospital birth and more!

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Birth Story: Judah – The Kid That Almost Never Came | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my first birth story with you today including how my homebirth turned into a hospital birth and more!

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