Aug 11, 2020 | Bed rest, Cesarean birth, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Post-operative healing
I am a twenty year old first time mother, two weeks postpartum. This is my birth story. I was thirty-six weeks and one day pregnant – which basically felt like an eternity. After breezing through the first and second trimesters with little complications, I was...
Aug 4, 2020 | Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth, Waterbirth
It all started when my wife was pregnant with our first daughter. We were at one of the antenatal classes and everyone was talking about how scared they were about the pain of giving birth. One of the girls mentioned hypnobirthing and how she read a book that took all...
Jul 21, 2020 | Cesarean birth, Epidural, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Partner Attended
Birth Story | Hart Wilde I didn’t love birth stories until I found out I was pregnant. After that, I became obsessed with them, asking everyone I knew to share theirs. It was weird and potentially inappropriate. The word mother took on a whole new meaning, one I...
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...
