Mar 9, 2011 | Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Mourning, Pain, Partner Attended, Second birth, Transformation, Vocalizing
The births of my two babies were full of violence and glory. They remain two of my most cherished life experiences. I still struggle to put into words what those nights were like. They were not just moments of my life that I recall with stunning, crystalline detail....
Mar 4, 2011 | Bed rest, Bleeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Lamaze, Pain, Premature, Twins
Pain. I was afraid of the pain. Almost from the minute I knew I was pregnant with twins, I dreaded “the trauma of childbirth.” I could handle the three to five months of nausea, the insomnia, the weight gain, even the responsibilities of the next eighteen or so...
Feb 27, 2011 | Bathroom birth, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Overdue, Partner Attended, Passing out, Pitocin, Tearing, Third birth
I am choosing to submit my story anonymously because, although this is my personal, true story, it also belongs to my children. I have their personal birth stories written down and stored in a special place to be shared with them when the time is right. I do not...
Feb 22, 2011 | Doula Attended, Empowered, Fertility Treatments, First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Midwife Attended, Planned Pregnancy, Ring of Fire
This is the story of the birth of my first child, my daughter, Elliot, on 30 November 2002. I longed for this baby. My life was everything I had ever wanted — great husband, education, dream job, lovely suburban house backing up to woods, money and time enough...
