Jan 21, 2015 | Empowered, Fear, Home birth, Partner Attended, Postpartum, Second birth, Transformation, Vaginal Birth
The Advent of Baby A In the late spring, I learned that I was expecting a baby. This new baby would be my second child. My daughter, R, was already 16 and looking into colleges. My boyfriend of many years, T, has 2 children of his own – both boys, and both...
Nov 17, 2014 | Empowered, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended
May 14, 2014 It’s hard to believe it’s already been 8 weeks since Greyson was born. Time really does fly, and it’s making me emotional already! Since our family is complete now, I’m even more sappy this time, realizing how quickly the tiny baby...
Oct 28, 2013 | Home birth, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Planned Pregnancy, Third birth, Vaginal Birth, Waterbirth
My husband and I had two beautiful daughters, ages almost 2 and 3 1/2 when we decided to try for another baby in September of 2010. Our first two were conceived very easily and only took one month to get pregnant! For our third child, things were different; I was...
Oct 9, 2013 | Empowered, Fast labor, Partner Attended, Postpartum, Vaginal Birth
Goodness, I can’t even believe that three entire months have passed since the birth of our little Skylar. And also? I forgot how difficult postpartum can be! The beautiful miracle of a med free delivery followed by my body realizing just what had happened to it...
Oct 9, 2013 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Exhaustion, Fear, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
Thursday, June 27th, 2013 – The days following up to my induced labor, I had three kinds of rashes. PUPPS, and 2 unknown rashes, that the doctors could not figure out what it was. These rashes were painfully itchy. I couldn’t sleep, or move. They thought...
Sep 30, 2013 | Empowered, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Siblings, Waterbirth
These thoughts, which have since been revised, were written after the birth of our second child Micah Joseph with some additions after the birth of our third child Isaac Mathieu, born on July 14, 2013. (Note: words related to birth and sex and human anatomy are used...
