My story really begins from 36 weeks pregnant. This is when the “challenges” began! Up until this time, everything had been going smoothly, and I was feeling fantastic. Then, at my 36 week appointment with my OB, she informed me that a blood test she’d gotten me to do previously had come back showing I had cholestasis (where the liver…
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The Natural Hospital Birth of Sloane {A Birth Photographer’s Birth Story}
When people would ask me when I thought I would give birth to our baby girl I always guessed that I would have her one week early. However, as I got further along in my 3rd trimester, I was sure that I was going to make it to my due date or at least go overdue. I felt amazing –…
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An RN’s Natural Hospital Birth {The Birth Story of Natalie Jadis}
My estimated due date was Dec. 3, 2012. That came and went. My 3 year old son, “W” and I found lots of activities to keep us busy, since I was officially on maternity leave from work. We played in the fresh foot of Wisconsin snow; we went swimming and even went sledding December 12th. I was okay with being…
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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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Another Wonderful Natural Hospital Birth
“This is the story of the birth of my third child. It was my first time to try a natural delivery and it was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. I had a wonderful natural hospital birth with a supportive OB, a fantastic nurse that enjoys working with moms going natural, a doula, and a birth photographer,…
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A Healing Hospital Birth {After a Delivery that Resulted in PTSD and Birth Trauma}
This birth story of my daughter Kayla was my healing birth after having suffered a traumatic birth experience with my son Alex in December of 2011. When I gave birth to Alex, it was a traumatic, intense birth to say the least. I struggled with PPD and PTSD as a result of his birth. I wanted Kayla’s birth to be different…
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Professional Ballerina Maternity Pictures and Birth Story {Earthside Birth Photography}
As told by Ginger with Earthside Birth Photography in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kenzie lined me up to shoot her birth and I couldn’t have been more thrilled. My cousin’s daughter, she is a gorgeous girl and a professional ballerina. We shot some amazing maternity pictures in a dance studio and got to know each other a bit while she…
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Induced Hospital Birth After 5 years TTC
My name is Rebecca, I am 24 and my husband John and I tried to conceive for 5 years before our beautiful daughter Hannah Ruth Pender finally arrived 13 days late on the 10th January 2013 at 2.35pm after a 13 hour induced labour. From the moment I saw the very faint second line on the first of 7 (just to be sure) positive home pregnancy tests…
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A Natural Hospital Waterbirth with 6th Baby
Midway through my pregnancy with my 6th baby, I decided to make a huge jump from the midwives I knew to ones I did not. I had wanted a homebirth, but I knew with the proximity of the neighbors and how small our house was made for a birthing situation that would have been more stressful than relaxing. So I…