As I am anticipating the birth of our eighth child any day now, I sat down to answer some of your questions about how my pregnancy has been going, my plans for birth, and how we are preparing for baby number eight!

In this episode, I’m answering:
- Will we have more kids after this?
- What were my previous births like?
- How am I planning for this home birth?
- Did we find out the gender this time?
- Has this pregnancy been different from the rest?
- Am I taking iron?
- How do I handle afterbirth pains?
- Were my girl and boy pregnancies different?
- Do I nurse on demand or on a schedule?
- Where will my older kids be when the baby is born?
- What would I tell my first-time pregnant self?
- What kinds of tests do I have while pregnant?
- Do we have a list of names for this baby?
- How long do I nurse my babies and how do I wean?
- What do I love so much about the Bradley method?
- How do I survive the first trimester with so much on my plate?
- What do I do with my placenta after birth?
- Do I drink raw milk while pregnant?
- Have I ever been close to having a C-section?
- How do I space my babies?
- What do I eat when experiencing food aversions?
- Do I still use cloth diapers?
- Do I get stretch marks?
- Why do I choose home birth over hospital birth?

Thank you to our sponsors!
School of Traditional Skills is your shortcut to self-sufficiency, the simple way. Glean homesteading wisdom from a variety of instructors without ever leaving your home. Use my link bit.ly/farmhouseskills to take advantage of this amazing learning opportunity. Make sure you check out my class on lacto-fermenting vegetables!
Toups and Co Organics uses nourishing, organic ingredients to create simple and safe skincare products. Toups and Co is offering my listeners 10% off any one purchase with the code FARMHOUSE. Visit https://toupsandco.com/ to order today.

RESOURCES MENTIONED
My previous baby/pregnancy videos:    • Natural Baby  
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin:   / 32127.ina_may_s_guide_to_childbirth  
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
AfterEase tincture: https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/produ...
Baby podcast episode with Ariel Tyson: https://simplefarmhouselifepodcast.co...
Kinderpack carrier: https://mykinderpack.com/
Childbirth without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

CONNECT
Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone
Blog: https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/
YouTube:    / farmhouseonboone  
Instagram:   / farmhouseonboone  
TikTok:   / farmhouseonboone  
Facebook:   / farmhouseonboone  
Pinterest:   / _created  
Join us in the Simple Farmhouse Life Facebook community:   / 748012922264552  

GET MORE FROM THIS EPISODE
Listen to this podcast episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...
View full show notes on the blog: https://simplefarmhouselifepodcast.co...