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Broken
I am broken
A shattered statue
Chips and pieces
Scattered like detritus
Put me together
Never the same
Weak and cracked
Holes where I should be whole
Pieces lost
Trod to dust
Never recovered again
No replacement, no patching
Once broken always shattered
the cracks are painted
The holes patched
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Nightmares
This is a Dystopia Rising Fan Fiction. Please enjoy responsibly.The scream would have not only woken the baby and her husband, but likely drawn attention from anything lurking in the dark outside of the old building known as Homestead. Instead a lifetime of habit, in a world full of things that wanted to eat you or kill you, made Bonnie cover her ( Read more... ) -
Breaking Point
This is a work of fiction set in the Dystopia Rising world. This information should be considered OOG unless you have a character mentioned.Breaking Point ( Read more... ) -
Dystopia Rising Fiction: One Night in Shanghai
These stories should be considered OOG knowledge unless your character is specifically mentioned as being there. Thank you.One Night in Shanghai ( Read more... ) -
Ester-C 24/7 Mom Contest
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Unassisted Precipitous Twin Birth
Tara and Philip’s Unassisted Twin Birth
The day before…I had slept very poorly and came to realize I was not getting any deep sleep due to discomfort and my temperature being either too hot or too cold despite various blanket changes. I went in to the birth center and had a blood draw to check blood sugars, which had also been being wonky for a few ( Read more... ) -
From Morning Sickness to Hypermesis Gravidarum
Originally published at Sacred Pathways Doula Services. Please leave any comments there.
Many women in our society today suffer from Morning Sickness. There are a lot of theories as to its cause, most of them relating to the hormone levels that the body is suddenly producing (namely Human Chorionic Gonadotropin or HCG). Whatever is causing it, ( Read more... ) -
Birth Trauma: One Reason I Became a Doula
Originally published at Sacred Pathways Doula Services. Please leave any comments there.
A recent article on The Fword, a contemporary UK online site, really hit home. Here is the link if you are curious: http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/not_a_happy_bir.Before I had read it I knew one of the reasons I started doing this work was to help ( Read more... ) -
Ultrasounds: Being Fully Informed
Originally published at Sacred Pathways Doula Services. Please leave any comments there.
When I was pregnant with my son I first heard someone question the safety of Ultrasound. At that time I didn’t exactly ignore the words, but put them to the back of my mind. With my second pregnancy I fell into the excitement that was the 3D ultrasound, but at ( Read more... ) -
The Price of Birth
Originally published at Sacred Pathways Doula Services. Please leave any comments there.
So many times I have heard variations on these words, “I would have a homebirth, but my insurance won’t cover it and I can’t afford one.” In our day and age money has become the only thing we think of using in exchange for goods and services. However money wasn’ ( Read more... )