Amanda’s Story

When I was pregnant with my second baby, I was under the care of a high-risk OB due to my history – previous miscarriages (one in the second trimester), and a subchorionic hematoma. At my regularly scheduled 39 week appointment with my doctor, I told her I was really...

Amanda’s Story

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....

Lauren’s Story

I gave birth to my beautiful boy, Cooper, on the 17th of March 2016. As with all pregnancies, there were moments of fear, nervousness and pure joy, but none of this could prepare me for what was to come. At 41 weeks and 2 days, I was induced at the mater hospital. My...

Taylor’s Story

Details from October 23, 2014. Will always be a day I remember detail for detail, the one day that changed my whole life, for I couldn’t not forget. October 23, 11:58, the contractions started… and they were killer. I spent that whole night moving from my bed, to the...