Mar 14, 2018 | Breast feeding, Doula Attended, Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Ring of Fire, Spiritual, Vaginal Birth
On Thursday, July 20th I sat in my office at work looking around feeling super anxious and ready for Giselle to be here. I was 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I had contractions come and go but they would always subside. I was staying super active. I was taking the...
Aug 31, 2017 | Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth
Freckles It was autumn when I peed on a stick and saw two pink lines. The very word “autumn” brings a flood of sensory memories, suffused with nausea: cool, crisp days; the colorful trees of old St. Louis neighborhoods; the Indian masala chai my husband used to make...
Jun 29, 2017 | Epidural, Fear, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended
Plenty of Time by Natalie Giacone I took my time deciding to have a baby. There was of course the issue of needing to fall in love with a worthy man, for a change. And the fact that I moved to South East Asia in my early thirties where sex tourism tempted or...
May 11, 2017 | Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended
I was 40 weeks and 4 days with my first child. We knew from our 10 week scan that it was a she. A girl… we always wanted one. So I had a delightful pregnancy. Getting things ready for our little princess to come home. But by 40 weeks, I started to get worried...
May 2, 2017 | Doula Attended, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Second birth, Vaginal Birth
My entire second pregnancy could be described as Overwhelmed with Anxiety. I had discovered I was pregnant (surprise!) right after accepting a new job and while struggling with sleep issues with my 13 month old. I was anxious about the reality of having two children...
Feb 9, 2017 | Fast labor, Hospital Birth, Overdue, Pain, Vaginal Birth
I was 40 weeks and six days pregnant with my third child, and feeling that awful, anxious, going-to-be-pregnant-forever feeling that only an overdue mother knows. My sister came to stay with us to help with our older children, and we sat up talking until midnight....
