I am strong because I got pregnant when my son was 10 months old. I am strong because it was after a miscarriage and I spent my entire first trimester in fear of losing this baby too. I am strong because I planned to birth at a birthing center. I am strong because after only 3.5 hours of labor I…
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Jyn’s 8th Baby {Hospital Waterbirth}
I have been pregnant every year since 1998 with the exception of 2004. We lost 2 in that time, but I have effectively been either pregnant and/or nursing for the past 14 years. Just because you have been pregnant and have birthed a lot does not mean the next one will be easier. Your body doesn’t stay stretched out. You…
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Part 3: Little Poppet’s Birth {Home Birth After Birth Trauma}
Our Third Birth, Second Homebirth: Welcoming our Third Daughter – story from Clare Part 1 is here (trigger warning traumatic birth). Part 2 here. I thought that by way of telling our birth journey of our third little poppet that I would start with a journey that began it all… Palm trees, clear and glorious blue skies and more delicious…