Career

A New Year And New Thoughts On My Career

December 30, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I made the leap to quit my job three months after Little Man was born. It was a huge decision for us. From the moment my son was born, I couldn’t get enough of being his mommy. I had always known there would be a good chance I’d want to be home with him after [...]

Filed Under: Career, Family, motherhood, Parenting, SAHM

New Years Reruns and Reflections

December 29, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on here. Partially because I’ve been playing around with blog design and setting up my new site, but mostly because I took a little vacation from my computer. Then I got sick with a pretty debilitating cold this week. I’m not completely recovered, so please forgive me [...]

Filed Under: Career, Life, motherhood, Parenting, SAHM

Sometimes, all the dots connect.

November 16, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

Every once in a while I have one of those moments where I feel this spark light up inside me. A moment where so many things I never saw as connected, connect. Does that make sense? I’ve always been a little bit of a dreamer I guess. Not in a living on another planet sort [...]

Filed Under: Birth Doula, Career, Childbirth, Life, midwife

Enchanting Birth

October 6, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

There is nothing more beautiful to me than a childbirth. Nothing. Ok, I realize that sounds insane to some. Especially if you’ve never given birth, or if your birth experience felt invasive and uncomfortable. I mean it though. I really do find birth beautiful and I want to pursue that passion. I’ll admit, I didn’t [...]

Filed Under: Birth Doula, Career, midwife, midwifery

Following Up On My Doula Path. Step One: La Leche League Meeting.

September 19, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I want to be a Birth Doula someday. My even greater ambition is to one day become a midwife. If you read this post a few weeks ago, you already know these things, but you don’t know what I’ve been doing since I announced my intention to pursue these dreams. As I mentioned, to become [...]

Filed Under: breastfeeding, Career, Life, nursing

Finally Pursuing My Dreams

August 29, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I like to write. I really do. I would even say I love to write. Writing is important to me for so many reasons, including: stress relief/therapy for topics I need to get out of my head creative outlet adult conversation But… I’m not sure writing is my passion. No, actually, I know it’s not. [...]

Filed Under: Career, Childbirth, Family, Life, midwife, midwifery, motherhood, Natural Parenting, nursing, Parenting, pregnancy, SAHM

My Catch-22

August 11, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I know I said I’d talk about the BlogHer ’11 parties this week and this week is quickly drawing to a close, but I’m having trouble focusing on anything other than what’s been on my mind these last few day. This is going to sound terrible, but after four days of self-discovery and dreaming about [...]

Filed Under: Career, Family, Parenting, SAHM, toddlerhood

Choices And Motherhood

July 14, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I have thought of the movie “Mona Lisa Smile” a lot over the past year. With decisions on whether or not to work at home (the job I had when Little Man was born) or outside the home part-time and then, once I decided to focus on motherhood and resigned from my full-time career, the [...]

Filed Under: beliefs, Career, Education, Family, SAHM

What Ultimately Defines Me?

June 26, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

After watching “Midnight In Paris”, I was left wondering what ultimately defines someone as a writer? I mean, there are various forms of writing and Gil was clearly a writer in some form, given his success as a screenwriter, but he begins to specifically identify himself as a novelist as the movie goes on and he gains more confidence.

Filed Under: Career

Forcing My Doubt Into Submission

September 14, 2010 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I realize I have been completely MIA online lately. My husband and I have been trying to figure out our situation and what action we need to take for the past couple of weeks. I was, yet again, considering going back to work but still struggling with the same feelings that I should be home [...]