Getting Ready for Baby - Our Story
We have had so many questions about Getting Ready for Baby, that I thought I'd tell you about it in this blog and refer interested people here.
Just after my first baby was born, I was starting my chiropractic practice and I had a chance to chat with someone who had children that were older than mine. We were living in Vancouver at the time and my husband was traveling a lot because of his job. I was overwhelmed with learning to care for a baby and starting a practice and one day, over coffee, I just looked at my friend and asked, "Benita, do you ever feel..."
And she cut me off with a twinkle in her eye, "you feel tired all the time and lonely with Bruce gone so much. There is so much to do and you just can't keep up. You sometimes want to scream because there is no time for you, and you wonder if you're doing everything wrong." Well, in thirty seconds she had summed up my life. "How did you know?" I asked, thinking that I must be pathetic if it was that obvious.
"We all feel that way." And those words changed my life. I was NOT alone, and I was NOT a failure as a mother if everyone else felt the same. To my relief, I realized that I was doing just fine.
Life was more manageable after that day. Once Cody was older, and I was working, I noticed that the pregnant mothers in my clinic were experiencing the same doubts and fears that I did. They weren't sure of their options for birth or what to do next and they always wondered if they were missing something important.
One day, inspiration struck: there was a way to help. Pregnant women needed a guide- something to help them organize their lives so that they could find their way to becoming mothers easier. As a journal and a weekly planner combined, it could serve to improve communication with their health professionals and include advice from moms with hard-earned experience.
What a great concept! Ideas just flowed onto the page. But, a few months later, we moved back home to Calgary...and along came Kayla, our girl with the wild hair and the sweet smile. Then Amanda, our little miss sunshine, and even though I was busy at home and at work, throughout this incredible journey, the pregnancy journal was always in the back of my mind, simmering away.
So now, after ten years and three kids, the pregnancy journal that I had the idea to write is now complete... and it is more beautiful than I ever imagined. This is thanks to many wonderful women in my life who have read the book and offered their ideas about what they needed to hear during their pregnancies.
The book's beauty is all due to the incredible talent of Cheryl Peddie, her artwork and book design. It could never have happened without her, and I am grateful to call her my friend.
As for the rest, time will tell. People are very interested in the book and we are selling them over the Internet from our Heartlights Publishing website. The Dr. Melanie Bee website offers information about Getting Ready for Baby and The Calm Baby Cookbook (Dr. Melanie's first book for breastfeeding moms) and many articles about pregnancy, breastfeeding and general health questions. Both websites offer more in depth information about the books and sample pages for you to see how wonderful they are. We welcome you to visit our websites to take a look!
Back to the Dr. Melanie Bee website
Back to the Heartlights Publishing website
Just after my first baby was born, I was starting my chiropractic practice and I had a chance to chat with someone who had children that were older than mine. We were living in Vancouver at the time and my husband was traveling a lot because of his job. I was overwhelmed with learning to care for a baby and starting a practice and one day, over coffee, I just looked at my friend and asked, "Benita, do you ever feel..."
And she cut me off with a twinkle in her eye, "you feel tired all the time and lonely with Bruce gone so much. There is so much to do and you just can't keep up. You sometimes want to scream because there is no time for you, and you wonder if you're doing everything wrong." Well, in thirty seconds she had summed up my life. "How did you know?" I asked, thinking that I must be pathetic if it was that obvious.
"We all feel that way." And those words changed my life. I was NOT alone, and I was NOT a failure as a mother if everyone else felt the same. To my relief, I realized that I was doing just fine.
Life was more manageable after that day. Once Cody was older, and I was working, I noticed that the pregnant mothers in my clinic were experiencing the same doubts and fears that I did. They weren't sure of their options for birth or what to do next and they always wondered if they were missing something important.
One day, inspiration struck: there was a way to help. Pregnant women needed a guide- something to help them organize their lives so that they could find their way to becoming mothers easier. As a journal and a weekly planner combined, it could serve to improve communication with their health professionals and include advice from moms with hard-earned experience.
What a great concept! Ideas just flowed onto the page. But, a few months later, we moved back home to Calgary...and along came Kayla, our girl with the wild hair and the sweet smile. Then Amanda, our little miss sunshine, and even though I was busy at home and at work, throughout this incredible journey, the pregnancy journal was always in the back of my mind, simmering away.
So now, after ten years and three kids, the pregnancy journal that I had the idea to write is now complete... and it is more beautiful than I ever imagined. This is thanks to many wonderful women in my life who have read the book and offered their ideas about what they needed to hear during their pregnancies.
The book's beauty is all due to the incredible talent of Cheryl Peddie, her artwork and book design. It could never have happened without her, and I am grateful to call her my friend.
As for the rest, time will tell. People are very interested in the book and we are selling them over the Internet from our Heartlights Publishing website. The Dr. Melanie Bee website offers information about Getting Ready for Baby and The Calm Baby Cookbook (Dr. Melanie's first book for breastfeeding moms) and many articles about pregnancy, breastfeeding and general health questions. Both websites offer more in depth information about the books and sample pages for you to see how wonderful they are. We welcome you to visit our websites to take a look!
Back to the Dr. Melanie Bee website
Back to the Heartlights Publishing website
Posted by Dr. Melanie Beingessner at 12/14/2008 11:35 AM 
Categories: pregnancy journal, baby, mother, pregnancy planner, pregnancy
Categories: pregnancy journal, baby, mother, pregnancy planner, pregnancy
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