Where to even begin? This child has had his own game plan the entire time. Ever since my water broke at 29 weeks on March 19th, I had experienced multiple occasions where I thought I might be starting labor. I want to say there were at least 5 days where I was having contractions for... Continue Reading →
Within hours of my last post, I ended up in Labor & Delivery. On Tuesday evening, we had eaten dinner as normal and decided to go to the local neighborhood marketplace to get a few groceries. I was feeling pretty good considering the pelvic issues from the 2 days prior. We walked through the first... Continue Reading →
On Facebook, I am part of a support group for VBAC's. If you haven't yet, you can check out my birth stories here Pregnancy and Birth Blog for Pickle and Poppy's birth blog. In that support group, women are often times asking about how to help their partners prepare for birth. It got me thinking, there really are... Continue Reading →
I knew this time I wanted things to be different. I had been doing my research to find out that I can have a vaginal birth after having a cesarean section. However, everything I had read and the support groups I had found lead me to believe that it was going to be a daunting... Continue Reading →
The journey to motherhood, or parenthood, is an amazing process. In order for people to understand my current circumstances, they first must understand the pregnancy and birth of our first born, Pickle. Upon getting married in March of 2012, we stopped using any form of birth control and decided to let nature take it's course.... Continue Reading →
