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...
Sep 16, 2013 | Doula Attended, Empowered, Epidural, Fast labor, Fear, Hospital Birth, Overdue, Partner Attended, Second birth, Vaginal Birth, Vocalizing
My second baby, due September 29, 2012, wasn’t born until October 13. My first child had been born a week and a half past his due date, but surely the second wouldn’t be even later than that, right? I assumed. I hoped. By the second week in October, I was desperate...
Jun 3, 2013 | Fear, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Planned Pregnancy, Vaginal Birth, Waterbirth
This is going to be outrageously long, sorry. However, the reason for me writing it down is to remember all the little details that I probably would not be able to recall years down the road. Deciding to have a natural, un-medicated birth at home began with not having...
May 14, 2013 | Empowered, Grief, Mourning, Partner Attended, Siblings, Stillbirth
To think where I was mentally and physically eight weeks ago sends chills down my back. About this time my nurse Maggie was prepping my belly for delivery. As I said my tearful goodbyes to family, I knew mentally there was no turning back at this point, but...
May 6, 2013 | Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Vocalizing
I was never treated as bad as in the morning after the birth of my child : Switzerland Richterswil: The midwife in the morning came in and bullied me. In the midst of unfriendly treatment, she came, snapped my underwear and tore them down murmuring something like as...
Dec 4, 2012 | Breast feeding, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Second birth, Siblings, Vaginal Birth, Yoga
Coral Sierra Platt Born: 2/4/08 at 1:23am 7lbs 10oz – 19.5 inches It was Saturday 2/2/08, two days before the birth of our little girl, Coral Sierra (FYI: we kept the gender a surprise). My due date was 2/7/08 and I felt the strong need to spend some quiet...
