I woke up Monday (for the third or fourth time) around 7:45 am, went to the restroom and noticed more bloody show. I had some pink tinged mucous all weekend so I knew some kind of change was happening. Last Monday at my 38 weeks checkup I was 2+ cm dilated and about 50% effaced. So I layed back down…
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A Natural Hospital Birth with an ObGyn and Doula
My second son, Gabriel Lee, was born on February 12, 2013 at 6:58 pm. Before I get into the details of how he came into the world it is helpful for me to recap the birth of my first son, Anderson Matthew, and review a little of what my pregnancy was like with Gabriel. Anderson was born in December 2006…
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Fast Birth of 3rd child into a Military Family
Just over 3 years ago, on April 14, 2010, my life flashed before my eyes. I was standing in the kitchen, cooking dinner. It was 5:14 pm. My phone rang. It was my husband Shane, who was on his 4th deployment with the Marine Corps and hadn’t called for about a month, so I answered saying, “Finally! You’d better have…
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Fast, Natural Hospital Birth with Baby Born in the Caul
On Thursday June 9th I gave birth to a baby girl who weighed 8lb 1oz and 21 inches long. The day started at 5am when my contractions were 15minutes apart. At 5:45am they were closer to 5-6 minutes apart and still bearable, but I had some trouble walking. I could still talk through them though. After an hour I called…