A deep breath. It’s September 21st and I’m 38 weeks in: nothing in my house is set up for a baby even though my baby shower was weeks ago. I have tons of clothes, blankets, socks and other things for baby, but nothing is organized and the crib is still in its box. September 28th and I’m 39 weeks. I…
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Determined Mom’s HBAC becomes a CBAC
To start this story, I guess I have to go back to where it really started – which was with the birth of my first son, Kai. Kai was born on the 4th of June 2009 via emergency Cesarean after my water broke spontaneously at home on the morning of the 2nd. I was totally naive about birth – which is ridiculous,…
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Congenital Anemia, Three Days in Labour, and a Hospital Cesarean.
I was high risk my whole pregnancy. My doctor never thought I would make it to full term. After four blood transfusions throughout my pregnancy for severe congenital spherocytosis anemia, some bed rest, and hospital monitoring twice a week to make sure my fluids were okay, we made it to 40 weeks! I was induced Monday September 10, 2012, since my anemia was…
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A Story of Two Births…A Failed Induction Follwed by a Healing Hospital Birth
Back story – Wyatt’s Birth My first son, Wyatt, was born December 10, 2010, after a pregnancy I was certain had lasted entirely too long. Early on, my doctor changed my due date from November 15th to the 28th, so when December 8th rolled around 10 days later I waddled as fast into that labor and delivery ward for my…
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Premature Twins Born Vaginally at Hospital at 34 Weeks
Walking into the OB office for our first ultrasound at 9 weeks… I still remember the moment like it was yesterday. This was after suffering through infertility after the birth of our first daughter, and going through a devastating miscarriage 4 months prior. My husband and I were terrified. Our fears were only heightened when the tech quickly hit the…
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Family Doctor OB Shows Love and Support to His Birthing Moms
“Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of my father’s sudden passing. I wanted to share a picture with you that is very special to me. My dad was a family practice doctor who also did obstetrics. He had a great respect for midwives and learned as much as he could from them, because he considered midwives to be the experts when…
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A Beautiful High Risk Birth
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh I awoke early Thursday morning, January 19th, with bright red bleeding, a sign I had grown fearful of during the last seven weeks of my pregnancy, but responded to with a…
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Hospital Birth at 37 weeks, Induction, High Blood Pressure
I had a very easy, wonderful hospital birth experience. I wasn’t feeling well one day and went in to my doctor the day before my scheduled appointment. They took my blood pressure and it was 90/140. He made me lay down for a half hour and drink some water. When he checked again, my bp was 92/145. He checked me…
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VBA2C at 42+6 Weeks
“You’ve got to give a little, take a little, And let your poor heart break a little. That’s the story of, that’s the glory of love.” To tell the story of Bunni Larue, I have to give a little background. The stories of Sylvia Joleigh and Justus Brooks are condensed but will give an idea of how I approached Bunni’s…