Nov 28, 2012 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Exhaustion, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Overdue
Here is the birth story of our baby Ethan. My due date was 26th Oct, but I was overdue so we went to our hospital Tokyo Medical Center (Japanese public hospital) on 31st Oct for our planned induction. My husband and I arrived at the hospital at 8:30am, checked-in at...
Sep 25, 2011 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Nitrous Oxide, Partner Attended
I woke up twice during the night with pain resembling menstrual cramps. I woke up again at 2:45 AM with the same kind of pain. The pains were slightly stronger than menstrual cramps, and peaked before they disappeared. The contractions started with 7-8 minute...
Sep 25, 2011 | Breast Pump, Exhaustion, Fear, Guilt, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Partner Attended, Premature
MOTHER NURTURE ~Why my less than perfect birth story matters. I am a recovering helicopter Mom. Whomp. Whomp. Whomp. You recognize us by the closeness in which we stand to our children at the park, by the flood of tears we shed on their first day of school, by the...
Jun 24, 2011 | Afterpains, Doula Attended, Epidural, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Overdue, Pain, Partner Attended, Pitocin, Vaginal Birth
February 5, 2010, at 4pm, I sat on the end of my postpartum-room bed, cradling my hatted, swaddled, 8-hour-old baby, framed by a window filled with white light as the first flakes of twin record-breaking, city-paralyzing blizzards began twirling down the sky. February...
May 19, 2011 | Afterbirth, Afterpains, Amniocentesis, Breast feeding, Early birth, Epidural, First Birth, Grief, Hospital Birth, Mourning, Planned Pregnancy, Redemption, Reiki
Loss, Life and Love I wanted to have a baby for the first time in my life only after I watched my husband suffer through two surgeries for colon cancer over a five-week period. My mind was numb and I was almost on the edge of a nervous breakdown watching the man I...
Apr 13, 2011 | Cesarean birth, Doula Attended, Epidural, Hospital Birth, Pain, Partner Attended, Stadol, Vocalizing
The Birth Story of Jesse Malhotra ………………………………………….. Jesse Giovanni Malhotra son of Rachan Malhotra and Angela Lauria Born 2/21/06 at 2:21pm 8 lbs. 10 oz. 20 1/2 inches...
