My Book, Unbound Birth, is Available NOW!

I am so pleased to announce the official release of my first book, Unbound Birth: How to Have a Natural Birth in the Hospital.  This book has been months in the making, but it has been in my heart ever since I had my first child almost nine years ago.  The experience of having my daughter by an unmedicated birth in the hospital ignited a spark in me that has continued to grow.  This is something that I am passionate about!  When I realized that there were no easily accessible and momma-friendly (coming in at about 60 pages in pdf form)  eBooks for women who wanted to learn more about giving birth naturally in the hospital I knew I wanted to fill that need, so I basically put parts of my childbirth education classes down "on paper".  Giving women the knowledge and encouragement they need to have the birth that they want is my way of reaching out to mothers everywhere and letting them know that they are not alone! Motherhood is a sisterhood, a precious bond that we have with one another, no matter where we live or what walk of life we come from.

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I would be honored if you would spread the word about Unbound Birth any way that you can, whether on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, or by word of mouth!  Please use the button and code above if you would like to post it on your website or blog.  I would be so grateful!

You can purchase Unbound Birth ($4.99) at the following places:

• Amazon.com
• Barnes & Noble
• Soon available as a PDF download in the Unbound Birth Store.

You can also find Unbound Birth on Facebook and Twitter!  

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Pick Your Plum: Striped Straws!

What could be cuter?

Get them here!

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Creative Me Link Up.

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Hi there, everyone, welcome back to Creative Me!  I'm not gonna lie, it has been a hard week at our household.  We have had all three children sick.  Luke has been running a fever for 8 days straight now. I'm talking 101 at the lowest and 105 at it's highest, with most days between 103-105.  Not cool (no pun intended).  Antibiotics have been given (the first time ever for him), but it's taking a long tome for him to break the fever.  Any prayers lifted up on his behalf are greatly appreciated!

You all broke a record last week with 256 links!  Amazing!  I saw so many fun projects and so much creativity... including this gem, our featured link.  Garlic Cream Sauce from Toni at SugarTart Crafts.  

Thank you for linking up, Toni!  I love anything with garlic in it, so this sounds delicious to me.  I may have to give it a try!  

Okay, now it's your turn!  Let's see if we can beat the last week's record, shall we?  Let's inspire the masses!  Just a few guidelines for linking up.  Please:

1. Follow The Southern Institute and display the Creative Me Monday button somewhere in your post or on your blog.  The button html is at the top of the post.  Just copy and paste!
2. Don't have anything new?  Show us something from your archives...old to you is new to us!  
3. You can link up as many things as you'd like, the more the better your chances of being the featured link next week!  
4. Visit at least two other blogs and leave some comment love.  We are a community that supports one another, right? Right!
5. No shop links please.  You can link up a giveaway as long as it's attached to a project that you're linking up.

Don't forget to grab and proudly display the "featured" button if you're project has been in the featured spot on Creative Me Monday.

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Okay everyone, let's see what you've got!  

Have a great week!

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