Jan 21, 2015 | Empowered, Fear, Home birth, Partner Attended, Postpartum, Second birth, Transformation, Vaginal Birth
The Advent of Baby A In the late spring, I learned that I was expecting a baby. This new baby would be my second child. My daughter, R, was already 16 and looking into colleges. My boyfriend of many years, T, has 2 children of his own – both boys, and both...
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...
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...
Jun 24, 2011 | Fear, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended, Second birth, Vaginal Birth
Selena’s Birth Story This was baby #2. Birth #2. Frankly, I missed the bliss of the well-educated ignorance I enjoyed with birth #1. This time I knew what was coming. For exactly 40 weeks and nine days I knew what was coming: I had to push this baby out. But first, I...
Apr 13, 2011 | Cervical lip, Child attended, Cohash, Doula Attended, Home birth, HypnoBirthing, Midwife Attended, Ring of Fire, Second birth, Spiritual, VBAC
In the months preceding older daughter’s birth I was still grieving what was suppose to be but never was. I got a lot of “you and the baby are okay, what is there to complain about?” but I did feel like a failure, even though in my head I went over...
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....
