Apr 16, 2019 | Afterpains, Bleeding, Epidural, Exhaustion, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Preeclampsia, Surviving, Vaginal Birth
“We’re going to go ahead and have Baby.” The nurse finally entered my room with a game plan. These words still resonate with me. I was filled with such emotion at this time. I was exhausted from 9 challenging months of pregnancy. I was anxious for the next steps. I...
Mar 28, 2018 | Bleeding, Breast Pump, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Exhaustion, Fear, Hospital Birth, Second birth, Siblings, Speaking up, Surviving
Tuesday, August 23rd at 6am I was awoken by some strong contractions. I turned on my contraction timer app and laid there for a while. I wasn’t expecting much since I’d already been to triage twice for regular contractions and was sent home. Billy woke up about an...
Jul 21, 2016 | Bleeding, Breast feeding, Depression, Epidural, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Postpartum
I had a difficult pregnancy. We conceived easily, the month after we had decided we would “never be ready” for kids, so why not now? But after the first few weeks of excitement wore off, after we had told our parents and started to plan, I got sick. Not just...
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...
