Juliet is nearly four months old now, and I am finally beginning to let go of the anxiety I experienced immediately following her birth and the five days afterward. Like many new mothers, I experienced mild postpartum depression, but my anxiety levels were off the charts. The panic attacks were most likely due to lack of sleep and the stress…
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Hospital Water Birth {Membrane Sweep Experience}
I had my first child when I was 20 years old. I was the typical ” I will be so drugged up” young girl. I was pretty much terrified to have any sort of pain. However as time went on, and the later into my pregnacy, all it took was one person telling me that I couldnt do it. From…
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Crazy Fast Natural Birth
I had been having very mild contractions for the past week, basically felt like menstrual cramping with some back aches but it never picked up. On Sunday, at 40 weeks, I was very discouraged that my body wasn’t going to do what it’s made to do on its own and that I would have to be induced. I was also…
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Young Mother Becomes Informed & Chooses Natural Water Birth
I was seventeen years old when I found out I was pregnant. My plan was to have a medicated birth at a hospital. My boyfriend, Drew’s older sister’s, had natural births themselves. They showed me the Infinity Birthing Center and they opened my eyes to so many options. The midwives and staff there educated me on everything that I was very ignorant…
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Oops…A Fast and Unplanned Unassisted Birth of 2nd Child
The birth of my daughter started at 11 am on a Monday morning. I was laying in bed as my 18 month old son played on the floor next to me. When I got out of bed I noticed that my water had broken. In my excitement I had asked my husband to hurry home. With my last child I had went…
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I Have Socks On! {An Unplanned Unassisted Birth}
Amos’s Birth Story My due date with our second child was April 24. I was hoping to get pretty close or past that date, and was especially hoping to still be pregnant by April 21, which was “Mom’s Night” at my daughter Lillian’s preschool, where all the moms come to see activities and special songs the kids have been preparing…
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Two Midwife-Assisted Home Births
Kyla of Birthing Aspirations shares two stories: the midwife-assisted home births of her first two children, Naomi and Lily. Earlier this year she shared the story of the birth of her third child, Zoe, with us: A Simple Home Water Birth. Home birth of Naomi: I was at a volunteer appreciation night at my church on my estimated due date. I…
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Supporting Women in VBACs {Vaginal Birth After Cesarean}
“I just wanted to say thank you! I loved being able to read so many wonderful birth stories and encouraging and supportive advice along my journey to a VBAC. It really helped me to know that my body wasn’t “broken” just because I’d had a cesarean, and the confidence and trust in my body was exactly what I needed. I…
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Fast Labor and Baby Born in the Caul {en caul}
Daenerys “Dani” Rebekah was born on November 19th, at home and in the caul, after only 2 hours of active labor. Most of the labor happened in the car, stuck in traffic. They got home at about 7:20, the midwife arrived 7:46 pm, and she was born at 8:05 pm. She is 7lbs 13 oz. Photography by Petals of Zuzu.