Nov 28, 2012 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Overdue
Here is the birth story of our baby Ethan. My due date was 26th Oct, but I was overdue so we went to our hospital Tokyo Medical Center (Japanese public hospital) on 31st Oct for our planned induction. My husband and I arrived at the hospital at 8:30am, checked-in at...
Sep 25, 2011 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Nitrous Oxide, Partner Attended
I woke up twice during the night with pain resembling menstrual cramps. I woke up again at 2:45 AM with the same kind of pain. The pains were slightly stronger than menstrual cramps, and peaked before they disappeared. The contractions started with 7-8 minute...
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...
Apr 13, 2011 | Cesarean birth, Doula Attended, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Stadol, Vocalizing
The Birth Story of Jesse Malhotra ………………………………………….. Jesse Giovanni Malhotra son of Rachan Malhotra and Angela Lauria Born 2/21/06 at 2:21pm 8 lbs. 10 oz. 20 1/2 inches...
Mar 25, 2011 | Breech, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Genetic Disorder, Planned Pregnancy, Redemption, Third birth
How My Body Was Redeemed by Childbirth (Just Not How I Expected) I knew early on that I wanted to have babies. There were significant obstacles to this desire (more of a calling, really), including my having a genetic bone disorder called osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)....
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...
