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Came for a Headache, Left with a Baby

Aug 11, 2020 | Bed rest, Cesarean birth, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Post-operative healing

I am a twenty year old first time mother, two weeks postpartum. This is my birth story. I was thirty-six weeks and one day pregnant – which basically felt like an eternity. After breezing through the first and second trimesters with little complications, I was...

Candice’s First Story

Apr 13, 2011 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Doula Attended, Epidural, First Birth, Grief, HypnoBirthing, Overdue, Pain, Partner Attended, Post-operative healing

Before my dd was born, I was well armed with research about birthing and I know what kind of birth I wanted. My other mum (long other story) had 4 babies at home. I was considering a home birth, but my doula wouldn’t do them at home. that and I wanted to make...

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