A wider definition of care
Motherhood in a Body That Needs Care, Too
Caregiving does not erase the caregiver’s body. This room makes space for pain, limited energy, changed plans, practical support and a faith that does not require pretending.
Parenting through chronic pain
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Raising young children with limited energy
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Motherhood with hEDS, POTS or fibromyalgia
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Pregnancy and postpartum recovery
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Employment, caregiving and limited capacity
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Explaining invisible illness to family
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Guilt, exhaustion and changing expectations
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Faith, rest and accepting support
A shelf for careful research, practical routines and first-person writing as this journal grows.
Fruitful Village will not portray chronic illness as a failure of mindset, promise that positivity cures disease, or glorify pushing through unsafe limits. Support, adaptation, grief and rest all belong here.
Research already on the shelf
Pregnancy, birth and connective tissue
Childbearing With Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
947 respondents reporting 1,338 pregnancies
Read with limits and context →Promising but LimitedPregnancy and Fetal Outcomes in Patients With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Nationally Representative Analysis
5,887,050 births, including 1,016 births coded with EDS
Read with limits and context →
