Mar 5, 2019 | Epidural, Episiotomy, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
Not every pregnant woman is willing to talk about their emotional state and what really happened on the day they were about to give birth to their first born, but I’m not afraid to put myself in a vulnerable position. After all, pain and hardship is what makes...
Sep 18, 2018 | Epidural, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
On July 30, 2018, at 6:21 a.m., Grady Tate Hobson was born. He clocked in weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches. Despite being my fourth baby, his labor was the slowest. After mentioning that to my midwife and OB, they both said that tends to happen often...
Mar 4, 2011 | Bed rest, Bleeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Pain, Premature, Twins
Pain. I was afraid of the pain. Almost from the minute I knew I was pregnant with twins, I dreaded “the trauma of childbirth.” I could handle the three to five months of nausea, the insomnia, the weight gain, even the responsibilities of the next eighteen or so...
