I had my first son at age 18 and he was delivered by an old school OB who told me I wasn’t trying hard enough to push him out. He didn’t exactly offer a forceps or vacuum extraction because he told me these interventions were not designed to do 100% of the work. After a total of twelve hours in…
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Surprise! It’s Twins!
Lindi shares with us the story of the birth of her twins. Surprise! It’s twins. With my first child I was pushed into an induction. First child; I had no idea. I’m a go-with-the-flow gal when it comes to labor. I was told my baby was very big and if I waited I might not be able to have a…
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Infertility, Twins, and Family {I Am Strong}
I am strong because I went through 4 years of infertility, the last 2 of those years were filled with fertility treatments.I am strong because on one of my first fertility treatments I saw the much anticipated faint pink line. I am strong because on the same day that I saw and photographed this line I lost my hope for…
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Journey to a Peaceful Planned C-section {Twin Girls}
My story begins when I was just a child. Ever since I can remember, the one thing I wanted to be was a mother. Sure, I had other dreams and aspirations as well – but, while my idea of the perfect career and life was constantly changing, my goal of becoming a mother never once faltered or waned. That dream,…
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A Journey to Conception {IVF, Twins, and a Naturally-Minded OB and Midwife Group}
When we decided to get married, we knew we wanted to wait a few years to begin having children. Doug didn’t want to rush into things, and I wanted to accomplish a few goals and take time to enjoy life as a family of two. We traveled to Germany, I completed my Masters Degree in Special Education, we hiked mountains…
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Birthing My Beautiful Twin Girls {Premature Cesarean Birth}
My name is Katherine and this is my story of birthing my beautiful twin girls. I was only 18 a month before I fell pregnant with them. From 2 weeks on I was horrendously sick, right up until I was roughly 24 weeks. When I was 28 weeks pregnant with them, I was diagnosed with Cholostasis. They put me on…
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{I Am Strong} The Loss of a Twin
*Trigger Warning: This post is about loss* I am strong because at the age of 32 I became pregnant with twins. I was super excited and scared at the same time. Early in the pregnancy I found out that Baby B wasn’t doing well. As I started getting further along I went to specialist to find more out. My Baby…
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I Am Strong {Casey}
[Trigger Warning: This story is about a micro-premmie twin birth and loss.] I am strong because I knew, at 26 weeks, I needed to go to the hospital despite not feeling a single contraction. When the doctor told me I was 9cm, baby a was stuck in my birth canal, and we needed to get to the OR immediately, I…
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I Am Strong…Twins {Sarah}
I am strong because I achieved a natural birth of twin girls at 37 weeks, 5 days, in the OR of a hospital. My pregnancy was a shock, but I was thrilled that I would finally have the opportunity to have a home birth after two previous hospital births. When we discovered that it was twins, I learned it was…