I have been following January and BWF for a few months now. Your Blog and Facebook page really helped me through the last part of my second pregnancy. I was diagnosed with GD and had to deal with switching insurance at 36 weeks to a non-supportive insurance. The second half of my second pregnancy was the start of fear, anxiety,…
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Empowering Water Birth {2 Hour Labor, 9 lbs 11 oz}
For months prior to the birth I had been spending time with friends talking all about birth and praying about our own and how we desired it to be. My birth with Savanna was very sudden due to my placenta detaching from the uterus wall and I had to be connected to a drip and monitored during the whole thing.…
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Birth Announcement: Born Christmas Eve, Natural Hospital Birth
“I started following your Blog and Facebook page while pregnant in 2011. I feel blessed to be a part of the community! I had my 2nd child, a boy, named Jesse James, on Christmas Eve 2011. He was 12 days “past” due and a whopping 9lb 3oz! His was a beautiful un-medicated hospital birth. I had a wonderful nurse who…
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When Patience in a Home Birth Pays Off…
“I just wanted to thank all of you for the support and encouragement you gave be here! I had a wonderful home birth and was so glad I choose not to go to the hospital. 🙂 I had back labor, ‘failure to progress’, and a ‘too large’ malpositioned baby. So if I had not chosen home birth it would have…
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The Baby of a Hero
“My husband Nick was killed in Afghanistan in September (and I wrote to you). I am pleased to finally be able to tell you that our son, Nicholas Tank, was born yesterday (42 weeks 3 days gestation) at 10:23 am. This was after a speedy 5 hours of labor, the first two of which I wasn’t really sure I was…