Mar 21, 2018 | Episiotomy, First Birth, Guilt, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Speaking up, Vaginal Birth
Four days before my due date I started to experience severe period like pains. I didn’t think much of it as everyone was telling me that first babies never came on time; let alone early, so I carried on with my day as usual. By the evening the pains had worsened...
Mar 14, 2018 | Breast feeding, Doula Attended, Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Ring of Fire, Spiritual, Vaginal Birth
On Thursday, July 20th I sat in my office at work looking around feeling super anxious and ready for Giselle to be here. I was 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I had contractions come and go but they would always subside. I was staying super active. I was taking the...
Aug 31, 2017 | Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth
Freckles It was autumn when I peed on a stick and saw two pink lines. The very word “autumn” brings a flood of sensory memories, suffused with nausea: cool, crisp days; the colorful trees of old St. Louis neighborhoods; the Indian masala chai my husband used to make...
Jun 29, 2017 | Epidural, Fear, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended
Plenty of Time by Natalie Giacone I took my time deciding to have a baby. There was of course the issue of needing to fall in love with a worthy man, for a change. And the fact that I moved to South East Asia in my early thirties where sex tourism tempted or...
May 16, 2017 | Doula Attended, Empowered, Exhaustion, First Birth, Home birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Pain
It was the morning of Friday, October 7th, eight days past my “guess date” for our baby, and I was driving home after a night shift. On the drive, I saw the most breathtaking fall sunrise of pinks and oranges with clouds radiating the texture of the sky and the...
May 11, 2017 | Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended
I was 40 weeks and 4 days with my first child. We knew from our 10 week scan that it was a she. A girl… we always wanted one. So I had a delightful pregnancy. Getting things ready for our little princess to come home. But by 40 weeks, I started to get worried...
