Birth Story

Chloe’s story and beautiful pictures are also available at this link. A Birth / Love Story – Background – A brief background – in 2004, I was induced at 40+10 with my first son. The induction was painful, humiliating and terrifying. My epidural did not work entirely leaving me a window of pain next to

It’s some time early morning. Why am I awake? I roll over and look at my phone. 6am. Sigh. I roll back over and notice my back has a slight ache. And then I get a light braxton hick. I find this strange because even though I have been having them, 10 minutes apart for

‎The Birth Of Anthony Sometimes I still cry in the shower…. It’s the only time when I’m alone with my thoughts and they always seem to turn to my births. The tears mostly come along with the memories of my 1st. Its only 4 years later that I dare to wonder, “How I will ever

I had been hospitalized at 26 weeks for softening of my cervix which was then determined to be pre-term labor, thankfully the contractions stopped after being medicated. After four full days, I was discharged with medication (nifedipine) to take while on bed rest to discourage contractions. On Jan 27th, 2007 (30 weeks) I woke up

Sorrow endureth for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. -Psalms 30:5 My life as a mother began on February 16, 2007, with the birth of my sweet Kate. I was induced with pre-eclampsia two days before my due date. Long story short, I ended up being completely dilated and after pushing, she never

Lenore Calais February 22, 2011 12:42 pm 8 lbs 1 oz 20.5″ I’m the sort of person who recognizes patterns. I don’t have to try. I simply see them. My children are slowly teaching me that it’s okay to break them. I noticed several similarities between my first two pregnancies and births. Both children were

I wish I hadn’t had the optional ultrasound at 20 weeks.  Our midwife had given us the choice and we decided to find out if we were expecting a girl or a boy.  Late in the afternoon a week later she called to tell me that there were some anomalies and that she was faxing

My body is riddled with scars.  I have a scar on my forehead, a scar on my chin where an object pierced all the way through my lip.  I have scars on my abdomen from a surgery I had when I was seventeen and scar tissue built up in my ears and sinuses from the

Shannon had a vaginal birth followed by a preterm special scar cesarean due to a sacrococcygeal teratoma. Let me start off with an introduction! My name is Shannon, and I am mom to Addisyn, now 37 months and Evalee, 21 months and wife to Matthew. My birth with Addisyn was uneducated to say the very

Q’s Birth Story At approximately 2am on November 6, 2008 I started to get back pain that woke me up. I was uncomfortable lying in bed so I went to the couch to try and get back to sleep. The couch was more comfortable because I could sit slightly upright, so I stayed there until