Dec 18, 2014 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Empowered, Midwife Attended, Pain
A Different Birth Story: Healing from a Traumatic C-Section by Allison Korn The day after she got married, Andrea flew down to Ecuador with new husband in tow, to be at my side during the last two days of my four-day labor as I tried to birth my son, Lucas. She...
Dec 18, 2014 | Empowered, Fear, Hospital Birth, Pain, Ring of Fire, Spiritual, Vaginal Birth, Yoga
The Coming of Kai A few short years before I became pregnant with my 2nd son, I rediscovered yoga. It was the one sure way that I could release my mind, body and soul and step onto a higher plane. A time where I could let go of any distractions, weaknesses or doubts...
Nov 17, 2014 | Empowered, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended
May 14, 2014 It’s hard to believe it’s already been 8 weeks since Greyson was born. Time really does fly, and it’s making me emotional already! Since our family is complete now, I’m even more sappy this time, realizing how quickly the tiny baby...
Nov 11, 2013 | Bed rest, Empowered, Epidural, Episiotomy, Exhaustion, Fear, Pain, Pitocin, Postpartum
As a female, our natural ability in nature is to bear children. Creating a child, and giving birth to that being is a miracle. I, myself, have experienced that miracle and have written this to share my pregnancy and labor experience. I have felt so empowered as a...
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...
Sep 30, 2013 | Empowered, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Siblings, Waterbirth
These thoughts, which have since been revised, were written after the birth of our second child Micah Joseph with some additions after the birth of our third child Isaac Mathieu, born on July 14, 2013. (Note: words related to birth and sex and human anatomy are used...
