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...
Mar 7, 2018 | Breast feeding, Cervical lip, Exhaustion, Home birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Ring of Fire
This is the story of my homebirth – a 78 hour labor. Monday morning we had our Bradley class review. When we left, I told Joey that I felt better and much more confident about the baby coming. That night, I went to bed and spent most of the night dreaming I was...
Jun 15, 2015 | Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Partner Attended, Ring of Fire, Vaginal Birth
This is the story of the birth of my first child. I now realize it’s as successful a birth as I could have asked for (all natural, no interventions), but of course it did not feel like a success at the time. First, how I prepared for labor: I took a Bradley class with...
Mar 30, 2015 | Breast feeding, Doula Attended, Empowered, Exhaustion, Home birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Ring of Fire
Early Labor It was roughly 2:30 AM that 23rd day of July 2014—a typical Wednesday I thought. At 41.3 weeks pregnant I was all too familiar with spontaneous contractions (false alarms) that colored various segments of my wobbly days and kept me awake at night. “Yup.” I...
Dec 18, 2014 | Empowered, Fear, Hospital Birth, Pain, Ring of Fire, Spiritual, Vaginal Birth, Yoga
The Coming of Kai A few short years before I became pregnant with my 2nd son, I rediscovered yoga. It was the one sure way that I could release my mind, body and soul and step onto a higher plane. A time where I could let go of any distractions, weaknesses or doubts...
May 14, 2013 | Birth Center, Exhaustion, Midwife Attended, Ring of Fire
A Pickle Is Born! It all began with your confusing due date. First it was May 13th, then May 15th, and finally we settled on May 18th. It may not seem like much difference, but in the last days of pregnancy the anticipation combined with living in the body of a...
