Jun 24, 2015 | First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth
“Are you sure you’re in labour?” The nurse at the reception asked me. I looked at Dustin and laughed. My face had a look of pure calm, peace and bliss. “I don’t know… You tell me!” I looked around the waiting room at the dozen...
Jun 15, 2015 | Empowered, First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Partner Attended, Ring of Fire, Vaginal Birth
This is the story of the birth of my first child. I now realize it’s as successful a birth as I could have asked for (all natural, no interventions), but of course it did not feel like a success at the time. First, how I prepared for labor: I took a Bradley class with...
May 19, 2015 | Empowered, First Birth, Pain
Details from October 23, 2014. Will always be a day I remember detail for detail, the one day that changed my whole life, for I couldn’t not forget. October 23, 11:58, the contractions started… and they were killer. I spent that whole night moving from my bed, to the...
Aug 25, 2014 | Fear, First Birth, Mourning, Pitocin, Preeclampsia
My daughter’s name is River Champion Kontour. She was born sleeping on the 25th of June, 2014 and this is her story. It took years for us to decide to get pregnant, and even longer for it to happen. There were years where I felt it was impossible. It...
Oct 9, 2013 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Exhaustion, Fear, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin
Thursday, June 27th, 2013 – The days following up to my induced labor, I had three kinds of rashes. PUPPS, and 2 unknown rashes, that the doctors could not figure out what it was. These rashes were painfully itchy. I couldn’t sleep, or move. They thought...
Jul 29, 2013 | Fear, First Birth, Mourning, Stillbirth, Surviving
Thoughts on SURVIVING after a stillbirth by Jen H. My baby died November 8, 2012 due to complications from HELLP syndrome, a pregnancy specific condition- cause unknown. Why me? Why did I survive? I was very sick – at risk of losing my own life. Save him, take me. ...
