So I dropped the price for Fearless Birth and the response has been great! I’m excited that I’m able to get this workbook into your hands. Enjoy!

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It’s not just obvious fears that cause these complications – hidden fears (and the fears you keep pushing aside, trying to ignore) – can rear up and paralyze you during labor.

Jump Straight to the Offer

Can you do anything to remove these fears and have the excellent birth you’ve been dreaming of?

You bet you can.

I love Birth Outside the Box – it is one of the best childbirth classes out there… and after four babies, plus running a natural childbirth website for over four years, I’ve seen a lot of them.

Deal Effectively With Pain, Confidently Decline Intervention, and Have a Great Birth

Birth Outside the Box gives you effective information:

• Essential comfort measures so you can deal with labor pain
• Labor and birthing positions you must know to move your baby down
• Getting the birth you want – while working with doctors and hospital policies
• Guidance for your birth partner… so he’ll truly be able to help you
• Complete, unbiased reviews of all interventions you may face during pregnancy and birth – and for your newborn baby (so you’re prepared and in control of your birth)

There’s just one component missing in Birth Outside the Box – complete discovery and removal of childbirth fears. Fears can paralyze you in labor – no matter how well you’ve prepared for giving birth!

You Can Have a Fearless Birth

I’ve developed the Fearless Birth Workbook based on the process that helped me remain confident and in control for four natural home births. Imagine going into birth fearless, confident, calm – and ready for the ecstasy of meeting your baby for the first time!

I want you to clear your worries about unnecessary cesarean, too much pain, procedures you don’t want, VBAC complications (or being denied your VBAC!), newborn complications, and any other fears you’re holding… or hiding. I’ve put together a special offer just for you – and here’s why:

Catherine Beier, CBE, MS CCC-SLP/L is the author and creator of Birth Outside the Box. She’ll be welcoming her third baby this month. Natural Birth and Baby Care and Tiger Lily Newsletter readers have been sending me showers of notes to thank her for her hard work and to inspire and uplift her as she prepares for her first home birth.

A Blessingway Bundle

While I’m getting the notes ready for Catherine, I’ve put together a special “thank you” for your awesome support during Catherine’s virtual Blessingway.

Purchase Birth Outside the Box through the link below and I will bundle the 53 page Fearless Birth workbook in – free of charge.

Get Your Birth Outside the Box and Fearless Birth Bundle

I will send your instant download link for Fearless Birth (a $27 value)! This offer is valid worldwide, and with all three BOtB digital offers (12 week, 7 week, or self-paced). Offer remains active until Midnight March 5th 2010, EST! Offer has Ended!

I’d heard about baby signing but wasn’t sure how to get started.  That’s when I found Sign Language For Babies and Beyond the resource includes a guide to baby signing, but more importantly for me, it comes with videos of the hundreds of signs covered!

I decided I’d share a couple of little clips from the videos with you.  These two signs are the ones that helped us with Galen right away – apparently we’re not alone.  All the moms that wrote in about their baby signing experience said these two were among the first signs they shared with their babies.

As I got these video clips ready Galen was sitting in my lap excitedly signing along.  Enjoy!

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All Done

As many of you know, Galen has had some feeding issues that were starting to get worrying to me.  All my kiddos have been a little “late” to start solid foods, but as Galen hit twelve months and went beyond without any solids, I started getting a little concerned.

Galen didn’t just seem disinterested in solids – he seemed to be unable to swallow anything thicker than a liquid.  He had a lot of gagging, choking, throwing up if anything did get down.  He hadn’t gained weight in months and actually started losing some weight.

I decided to bring it up with the doctor and we took a bit of a “wait and see” approach.  Another month or so went by and Galen had lost weight.  He nursed constantly, but he’s incredibly active and just seemed to need more calories (though he didn’t seem to be hungry or very interested in food.)

We had a swallow study done at our local hospital, which showed that food is slow to clear Galen’s esophogus but no real problems.  The therapist said it’s pretty common and it will probably continue to get better as Galen gets older.

We were referred to the Pediatric Feeding Program in our hospital’s therapy department.  Galen has been going for a few weeks now and it has been a good experience for us.

Scott and I were worried at first about what they might want to feed Galen, since we try to follow a very traditional diet.  However, that has not been an issue at all. Our therapist and the entire team working for Galen have been incredibly respectful of our choices with Galen’s diet and with his continued nursing.

I make all of Galen’s food to bring into his appointments and that works very well for us.

Right now the goal is to get Galen’s intake up.  The therapist has been very helpful and has taught me a lot about getting Galen to eat – and to enjoy eating.  He’s eating completely pureed foods now (though he can eat scrambled eggs with gusto!) as we work on getting him eating more.

In general I just puree whatever we are eating for dinner.  Having a high-powered blender has turned out to be a real blessing.  We spoon feed Galen and he’s now really enjoying eating.  He looks forward to eating and taking bites.

He’s still nursing a lot and I’ve been proactively working to keep my milk supply high for him.

Galen has a weight check coming up soon and I’m actually looking forward to this one because he looks like he’s filled out some and he feels chunkier to me.

It has been really interesting having Galen’s feeding issues because the other kids pretty much just went from nursing to eating anything and everything put in front of them.  Galen is a special case, but its apparent even now that he has his siblings’ taste in food – he’ll eat anything and everything as long as it’s pureed!

Galen was having some constipation issues which I think were related to his feeding problems.  We started him on daily doses of an infant probiotic mix and that coupled with getting more food in seems to be working for his digestive system.  He’s regular again and seems a lot more comfortable.

I’m really enthusiastic about how Galen will do with eating in the coming months – he’s made a lot of progress just in the few weeks since we started going to the feeding clinic.

He’s happy, energetic little baby – he almost always has a smile and he’s always trying to climb into everything!  He also has perfect proportions and a beautiful face.  I’m pretty confident that with more calories he’ll bulk right up weight-wise.  We’re really blessed to have him, and the lessons he gives us

I’m more excited about getting a group of moms together to work through this. It’s something I would have loved when I started my site. Natural Birth and Baby Care has given me so much, and I wanted to think of a way to give back, and to really help other moms.

I know having my website has made a huge difference in my life – its given me peace of mind, security, personal fullfilment, freedom, a way to share my knowledge, and money in the bank every month.

That’s why I decided to develop a Mom’s Coaching Club – a group of dedicated women who will work hard on their individual sites. I’ll share my experiences with you, answer your questions (or find someone who can), and I’ll structure all of our calls and materials based on what you want and what you need.

The SBI! system is proven and it stands all by itself as an awesome resource. But sometimes that personal touch, that “real life contact,” can make a big difference.

If you pick up SBI! during the holiday special, you’re going to get into the coaching club. In just a couple of weeks we’ll jump into things with a weekly teleclass where you’ll be able to get the information you want and you need. You can just listen, you can ask questions – and I’ll be asking for your feedback so I can make sure it’s what you want. We can even cover things that may be “off topic” – such as how to manage your household and keep the kids happy while you get some work done. This will be what you want and need it to be.

How Do I Take Advantage of This?

To get access to the Mom’s Coaching club you’ll need to do two things – first, make sure you get your holiday special from one of the two links below.

Second, you need to send me an email once your order is placed. I’ll send you a link to the sign-up box for the club mailing list. This is how I’ll keep you up-to-date with all the times for our coaching calls, how I’ll let you know where to send feedback, and how I’ll send you resources and other goodies.

Here are your links:

For more details on SBI! and the special before you order, visit the SBI! WAHM page.

If you’re ready to get started now, go right to the order page (Get more details about the Recession Buster monthly option on this page ).

Email me kristen (at) naturalbirthandbabycare (dot) com – put Mom’s Coaching Club in the subject line, and be sure to let me know the name you used to order so I can verify you. If you and a friend are going to split the holiday special cost and each take a site, you can both sign up for the coaching club. Just let me know when you contact me.

I promised I’d answer some of the questions I got about my site here on the blog. I found that most of them fit into three bigger questions, so I’m going cover those for you:

Hey, Kristen, can I really make money online?

Do you really want me to say no? I think you don’t Luckily for you, I’m not going to say no. That’s because I am making money online. And so are a lot of other women. A lot of other moms. But the beauty of my site is that it’s built using a proven system, and it’s got step-by-step instructions. If you follow the steps, you will build a profitable website.

I won’t lie to you – there’s work involved. This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. If you want one of those, I’m sure you can find one really quickly, though. Just count on failing just as quickly

Anyways, if you work, there are resources to help you. There’s massive amounts of information on how to make money from your site. There’s also tons of support in the forums. People on the forums really share the strategies that are working for them. One post in the forum literally doubled my income overnight – I applied what she shared in her post to some of the advertising on my site, and my income doubled in October ’09 (it didn’t double again in November but it’s still going up steadily… oh well, can’t see such dramatic moves every month)

Here’s a little video I did to show you some things you’ll have with SBI:

Will People Actually Come to My Website?

I’m going to sound full of myself here, but again, my website gets traffic (you found it, didn’t you?) Actually, it gets a pretty good amount of traffic, every day. And just like my income, it’s increasing steadily. It has been since I started the site. I’ve got another little video below, and I’ll show you my traffic statistics from my new website. It’s just a “baby” – started in Sept. ’09. And I’m going to show you NBBC’s stats. This traffic is just by using SBI’s traffic building resources:

How Am I Going to Find the Time to Do This?

I am not a supermom. In fact, this week I seriously contemplated giving my kids coal for Christmas (if you’re somewhere in the world that doesn’t have that little reference… it means my kids were driving me insane enough to give them coal instead of Christmas presents).

I don’t have it all together. My entire life changed dramatically just a couple of years ago – right in the middle of building my website. I became a single mom and struggled to get by. Then I moved a thousand miles, remarried, and took time off to get the family settled. Then I had another baby.

I’m not telling you this to chronicle my life (maybe it should be on a talk show…) – I’m telling you this so you’ll see that my website kept growing while all this was going on – even while I ignored it for weeks on end. The work that I did, when I was able to do it, kept paying off.

It’s like interest in the bank – it grows exponentially.

I’ll say it again, you do have to work. But you work when you want to. And when you can. If you need to spend 3 days holding your sick baby, you can. If you want to take 2 weeks to go visit family, you can. If you just want a vacation to celebrate life – take it! And if you want to have a baby, you set your maternity leave

You fit working on your site in when you can. If it helps, I don’t watch TV. I work on my site. But I do have time to watch movies with my husband (shhhh, we watch after the kids go to bed!). We go sledding as a family, take trips to visit family, to visit local farms, the local brick-oven bakery, and the children’s library. I just fit working on my site in around all of that.

You will probably need to set some priorities, and get organized. That’s true for any business. But the beauty of your website is that you don’t answer to anybody but yourself and your schedule – no cold calling, no doctor’s agendas to fit your data entry around, no clients, and no parties to set up and drive to. Work it around you – and your family.

It’ll be there at 6:00am. It’ll be there at 9:30pm – or any other time around the clock. You pick when you want to work.

Feel free to leave comments or additional questions below!

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Happy Holidays!

It’s sometimes hard to find a balance between living life and offering the potty.  For me the thing that has always worked the best is timing.  Just getting to know about how often my baby goes potty.

This past week I picked a day and jotted down when Galen went to the bathroom so I could get a feel for how often I should be offering potty opportunities.

He’s not peeing nearly as often as he did when he was a tiny baby   And since he’s crawling (and cruising!) he’s not on his belly, which seemed to cause him to pee very frequently.

Now I’m able to offer him the potty with longer stretches in between and he stays dry.  I usually still offer based on timing, or if he goes for one of his potties.  Even if he seems to only want to play with it, I still put him on it!

The most frustrating thing for me thus far has been mealtimes.  Even if I offer right before a meal he always seems to wet his undies while he’s in his highchair.  I need to teach him not to do that! :p

I mentioned last month that I wasn’t sure how to deal with the cold, EC’ing, and an older baby.  Well this month I’ve got it a bit more figured out.  Galen has one pair of wool split pants.  These pants are great – I slip those on him and they keep his legs cozy warm.  Then I pull on a pair of undies/trainers over them and he’s covered.  The wool wicks any moisture if we have a miss, and I notice misses right away so there’s never much chance at them getting wet.  If you’ve ever used a wool diaper cover or longies you know how this works.  I think I’ll probably get at least one more pair so if I need wash and air dry one pair I’ll have a backup pair.

So that system is working well, and timing things is working well.

Galen also shows a classic Cassidy sign that he needs to poop.  Cassidy, my oldest child, was also my first elimination communication baby.  I could always tell when she needed to poop because she’d get very still and her eyes would get red-rimmed.  Galen does the exact same thing.  He’s also pretty vocal and “grunt-y.”  I miss a poop every once in awhile but not often.

We’re still using diapers at night right now, and some days I still have Galen in diapers, though I offer the potty.  I’d like to have him out of diapers, soon, though, so I’ve been making a big effort the past couple of weeks to keep him in undies and offer the potty a lot.  Hopefully once he starts toddling he’ll be able to learn to sit on the potty himself, too.  He’s already super coordinated so I don’t see it being much trouble for him

Galen was chronicled on Natural Birth and Baby Care from start to finish (in fact, I started this blog because we were TTC him!) I thought I’d share some highlights:

We’re pregnant: a very faint positive at 10DPO (days post/past ovulation)!

My chart hits 18 days of high temps – a pretty certain sign of pregnancy! (Scroll to the bottom to see my chart)

We discover we’re expecting a son!

I do a marathon freezer cooking session to get ready for baby!  Talk about nesting.  This year I created a freezer meal plan for you based on that session

Scott and I use The Pink Kit to prepare for the birth (it’s excellent!) and I write down all the details for you.

Finally, finally, finally, our precious baby boy arrives – and Scott and I are the only ones to witness his debut!

And now today, one year later, our little man is growing strong.  He has been such an incredible joy and blessing to our family.  I’m delighted he decided to join us   I’ll leave with a parting shot of his first few minutes:

I like to highlight this particular seasonal special because I took advantage of it. I am a real mom. I’m a real mom who stays with my kids full time. And I’m a real mom who runs a real business while I do it. On top of all of that, I love my life

So I like to share with you just what has worked for me, and what works for other moms.

Natural Birth and Baby Care is a hard-working site. Thousands and thousands of moms just like you visit it every month. Enough of you email me that I know it’s helpful to you. I love it when you email me and I can help you personally. Or when you help me by telling me ways I can improve it for you.

Because I publish articles here to help you, I’m able to get something in return. A website is a perfect business for a mom. If you’re looking for something that will fit around your schedule, this is it. In fact, there are tons of moms who are raising their families – and their businesses – just like me. They aren’t all obsessed with birth and babies like me, though. No, perhaps thankfully, they have websites about as many topics as there is sand on the seashore

Just Go For It!

I took advantage of this excellent holiday special to get started on my second website – it’s a Two for One kind of deal. I know you know the lingo, it’s a BOGO ;p My second website is already off to a strong start – and my third website is already growing in my mind.

I was really procrastinating getting started with website #2. You know how I feel, right? It’s sometimes hard to have faith in yourself and your abilities when your major accomplishment for the day was getting a shower without the baby crying (yeah, I didn’t accomplish that today…).

Anyways, I really knew that I wanted to start a new site because I love working on this one, I love helping others, and I like helping my family with the income. But I had a million different reasons on why I should “wait.”

Thankfully, I also have a one-in-a-million husband who, after I brought up the special (for the hundredth time) and why I should just sit and wait until the next time it rolled around, told me to stop babbling and just go for it. So I did. And I’m really glad

In fact, not only do I look forward to every day of teaching the kids, playing with the baby, and spending time with said amazing hubby, I’m also super excited to get up and work on building my business. I’m also excited to know that site #3 is waiting quietly in the wings for me to get going with it (you get 9 months to start the “GO” in your BOGO).

Building a website can be a truly rewarding business for you, too. I encourage you to give it a try. If you’ve been considering, now is the time to act. Don’t worry about all those “what-if’s” and “but, but, buts…” going through your mind. Starting a business is an awesome experience and you will learn through all your successes, and your few mistakes (believe me, I’ve made plenty!) Just go for it – you have nothing to lose.

(learn more about my story here or contact me)