Here are some pictures of my husband Brian wearing our babies. Our twins had colic (both of them) so I would wear them while Brian was at work, and then he’d wear them to give me a break for a few hours and then we’d split them up and each of us would take one for the evening and night.…
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“I Did It!” {An Active And Unmedicated Hospital VBAC}
It was 6 days past my due date, I was being taken over by a mild but itchy case of PUPPPS (Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy) when I was woken up by the distantly familiar feelings of labor at 3am on a Monday morning. I was having short and mild contractions but not so short or mild that…
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Breech Baby Turned with Webster Technique
With my first son I had extremely high blood pressure and had to be induced which ended up in an epidural and ventouse (vacuum) delivery with tubes coming out of everywhere. It was very medical and my son was taken to NICU immediately because of birth trauma. It was extremely difficult to be away from him for the first two…
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Full-term VBAC after Micropremmie Birth {incompetent cervix, cerclage, 21 weeks of bedrest}
If you follow BWF chances are you’ve read my story about preterm labor with my son Jaydon, the little one pound nine ounce miracle that changed my whole world. After the ordeal that nearly cost mine and my son’s life, I ultimately decided I never wanted to chance fate again. I got more than lucky and had a beautiful child…
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Birth of Tyler {Home Birth}
I just hope to help inspire someone to do a home birth. It is the most wonderful experience I wish every mother could experience! – Stephanie It all started on the due date, August 29, 2011. Brett and I went to our regular appointment with our midwife, Lisa, at noon. She checked blood pressure, heart rate, measurement, and position as usual…
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Mother Follows Her Intuition {Preeclampsia}
After 6 years of not being on birth control and not getting pregnant after my second child, I really didn’t think could get pregnant. I was in a new relationship and around November 2011 we found out we were expecting the third for both of us. He has two boys of his own and I have two girls of my…
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A Daughter’s Birth Story {With Videos}
My pregnancy with you was an amazing and trying time. In the first few months I was tired and nauseous which is to be expected. After those first weeks I started feeling better but still very tired. I had so much to look forward to with you in my belly. The first kicks, hiccups, punches and rolls. They all happened…
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The Healing Birth of Jackson {Natural Hospital VBAC}
The birth of our third baby has been so healing, in ways that words cannot fully describe. The heartache and pain of our losses, of our preemie experience and of the surgery that brought our premie into the world has been with me daily. Since delivering our third baby, those pains and the distress they brought have gone. This birth…
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Healing Birth of a Rainbow Baby
So I’m pregnant with my 3rd child by 3rd father and it all goes wrong, again. By the 20 week scan I am single and having a scan with my other 2 children there to share the experience with me. We are all very excited! The sonographer is explaining what’s going on when all of a sudden she goes quite.…