Jan 7, 2020 | Early birth, Epidural, Exhaustion, Fear, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Premature, PTSD, Vaginal Birth
My birth story for my second baby is far from a beautiful, smooth journey. I’d been having extremely bad panic attacks for weeks, especially when someone mentioned the baby and I didn’t know why. I slowly started mentally declining but brushed it off as hormones and...
Dec 30, 2019 | Early birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Third birth, Vaginal Birth
September 16th 2019, it was a good evening. I wasn’t expecting to go into labor in the middle of the night, it was earlier than my original due date. My due date was September 24th 2019, i was nervous and kinda scared because Liam is my 3rd but its been a while...
Dec 9, 2019 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Early birth, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Planned Pregnancy, Preeclampsia, Pregnancy test, Premature
Subconsciously I knew I was pregnant the day you were conceived but never fully sure having not felt this feeling before, 3 weeks passed and I was driving home from work and knew I needed to check for sure, it was a solid positive! I called your dad at work straight...
Mar 19, 2019 | Early birth, Epidural, Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Premature, Vaginal Birth
My DJ was born on Thursday, December 15, 2016. I remember like it was just yesterday. It’s an experience I’ll never forget. My water broke at about 6:00 on Wednesday morning. I was rushed to our local hospital, then transported to Vidant Medical Center in...
Sep 25, 2018 | Bed rest, Breast Pump, Cesarean birth, Early birth, Exhaustion, Hospital Birth, Pain, Preeclampsia, Premature
Taylor and I found out we were expecting Baby Aiden at the end of October 2017 and couldn’t have been more excited and terrified at the same time. My first trimester I did not have too many symptoms. I did not normally have morning sickness if I snacked throughout the...
Aug 17, 2015 | Early birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended, Twins
I always knew when we found out we were having twins it would be a game changer, but our story is far from what I expected. Everyone would comment on how difficult it would be to juggle life at home with two babies, but for me the struggle began much before they made...
