I had been having false starts for about a week. Light contractions every night that went away when I slept, and didn’t start up again until the next night. Saturday I was 40 weeks 1 day. My midwife stripped my membranes after checking me to find I was 2 cm, long and thick, but somehow at a PLUS 2 station (yes,…
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The Proudest Moment of My Existence!
When I found out I was expecting, I was honestly the most scared I’ve ever been in my whole life. I wanted a hospital, pain meds, and thought whatever could go wrong would. Giving birth was going to be painful and awful. After educating my self and learning to trust my body through birth classes, I changed my birth plan…
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Natural Breech Birth at Home
Jessica Winquist shares the story of her daughter’s breech birth – a beautiful, natural birth at home. At my 32-week check, my midwife, Sarah*, found the Cub (our nickname for the baby-to-be) to be breech. We were planning a home birth in New York City, and New York State home birth regulations prohibit breech home births. Also, a C-section for…
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The Healing Home Birth of Baby Lucas
The birth of my first son was in a hospital. I like to say nothing traumatic happened to me to make me question the way I gave birth and to seek out other options, better options, but I feel now that I was in denial. I cried for weeks after his birth feeling guilty for some of the decisions made…
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A Birth Center Birth Story
I went to bed at about 1 a.m. on Monday, February 21st. It was an extra day off of school (for President’s Day) and I was taking advantage by catching up on laundry and such. As soon as I got into bed I could feel the contractions starting. I had them 1-3 times an hour, lasting anywhere from about 15…