On December 26th, 2014 I went to the hospital to be induced with my third daughter. I was 39 weeks and 2 days. The induction was planned by me as I was in so much pain I was in constant tears. I arrived at the hospital at 7:45am and was 4 cm dilated. At 11:30 that morning, the doctor came in and broke my…
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{I Am Strong} Making Peace with the Epidural
I wanted to share with you, the story of the birth of my second daughter, which was at 3:43 am on January 10th. Let’s go back three years, when I gave birth to my first: induced by cervadil, 14 and a half hour labor, and an epidural at 5-6 centimeters where I had lost control and couldn’t gain my focus back.…
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Quick Hospital Birth with Gorgeous Photos {Birth Without Fear}
I was not expecting to have our rainbow baby that day, but I wanted to see if things were progressing after hanging out at 3-4 cm for about two weeks and on and off contractions throughout the night. I knew I needed at least one dose of antibiotics and I didn’t want to go too fast at home. After seeing…
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Hospital Birth turned Emergency C-Section
While my husband was away at basic training I was raising two sons, working and going to college full time. I had made the decision to not get an epidural with my third child due to the side effects I had the previous times. I was laboring from Friday to Monday. The hospital would not admit me because I was three days…
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A Story Of Three Births {A Hospital Induction, A Homebirth, And A Birth Centre Waterbirth}
Thank you Suzi, for sharing your three birth stories with us. Your journey is inspirational! – BWF Team Birth #1 I’m ashamed to admit this, but when I started having babies back when I was in my early 20’s, I was completely out of touch with my body. I wasn’t planning to have a baby, I was still young and…
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Birthing every possible way; learning as I go!
I wanted to share my birth experience(s). Hope to bring some hope and courage to other mothers to be out there. In 2007 I had my first child. I went to my mother’s OBGYN office at 18 so that was all I had ever known. A husband and wife team. The wife was my GYN but no longer did deliveries…
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The Calm Birth of Lucah {Australian Hospital Birth Story}
I will start with a little about us. My partner and I had been together about three years, and I have always wanted to have kids and my partner as well. In my mind there was going to be no discussion about who was giving birth to any and all of our children as my partner, whilst she did want children, she…
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A Supported TOLA2C Cesarean Birth Story
A little background about why I started to seek out a way to birth the way I knew my body was able to. First we start with my first born, Bridgit, who is currently 4 and half. She’s a spit fire just like her mom, who knows what she wants and will do what it takes to get it. I…
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Baby Pees on Everyone Right After Born {Cesarean Birth of a Rainbow Baby}
Sent in by Jillian. She says, “This was the birth of my son, Avery Reed. He is my rainbow baby. I had attempted a VBAC but decided to get a repeat c-section after a bad reaction to an epidural that left me weak and feeling pretty sick. It was a difficult delivery, and a long hospital stay after, but it…