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Lucille Catherine graced us with her presence on July 21, 2011 at 2:11pm. It was easily the most beautiful moment of my life, but at the same time, the most heartbreaking.  When I look back at her birth, I remember it initially as a time of joy and love and then the trauma and resentment

For pictures and more, check out Kara’s blog, Emotional Healing From Cesarean. Jason’s Birth- Unplanned Cesarean Before the birth of my first son I believed that birth was easy. You go to the hospital, get your epidural, and in a few hours pop out a baby. Of course I had heard the horror stories of

At about 6 months gestation, I went to the E.R. for what I thought was premature labor.  My previous pregnancy had resulted in a miscarriage so I had some cause for concern.  After plenty of testing, the results were inconclusive.  I was having some fierce abdominal pain that we could not identify.  I went home

JACK’S BIRTH STORY A Scheduled C-Section My due date was October 5, 2008.  And as the end of September rolled on, there was absolutely zero sign that Jack would join us any time soon.  Not a single contraction, nothing.  Each week at my doctor appointments, I got the same news.  A fingertip dilated and not