Apr 2, 2019 | Breast feeding, Doula Attended, Epidural, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Vaginal Birth
Arista’s birth started slowly on a Tuesday morning with some bloody show. I woke my husband up at 6:00am to tell him, “I’m in labor. You may want to finish your dissertation now.” He got up fast, got dizzy, and went straight to work. After a day of baking and light...
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...
Mar 5, 2019 | Epidural, Episiotomy, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
Not every pregnant woman is willing to talk about their emotional state and what really happened on the day they were about to give birth to their first born, but I’m not afraid to put myself in a vulnerable position. After all, pain and hardship is what makes...
Nov 15, 2018 | Epidural, Exhaustion, Guilt, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, PTSD, Second birth, Vaginal Birth
My first contraction hit me. It was 11:30pm on November 12, 2017. I was a week overdue and I had an induction scheduled for 7:30am the next morning. Boom! Next contraction, only 5 minutes apart. They were very hard labor contractions. My husband got our bag ready at...
Nov 12, 2018 | Epidural, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Vaginal Birth, Yoga
I decided on pizza before I checked into the hospital to deliver my baby. I was scheduled to be at the hospital at 7pm on a stormy evening in late October. After pizza, my husband, mom, and I headed to the delivery ward. The hospital smell reminded me of all of the...
Sep 18, 2018 | Epidural, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
On July 30, 2018, at 6:21 a.m., Grady Tate Hobson was born. He clocked in weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches. Despite being my fourth baby, his labor was the slowest. After mentioning that to my midwife and OB, they both said that tends to happen often...
