Posted Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:25 PM
"Once I’m at 6 cm, I climb into the jet tub with my gown on, and bring a pillow with me. The oddness of this makes me giggle..." Pre-baby scavenger hunt It's noon and I want to smack my husband Brittain over the head with the shovel I am holding. His
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Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:55 PM
“I was so loud while pushing that the midwife actually told me to quiet down because screaming wouldn’t help...” Slow start My birth story begins with my husband and me having sex three days before my due date -- we wanted to get things going. I guess
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Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 3:17 PM
"I have no idea what was going through my mind, but I could not stop crying. I think it was a combination of the pain, anxiety, excitement, being scared...and knowing THIS IS IT." Jackson Gabriel Yee Makanani was born on July 22, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. Weighing
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Posted Monday, January 18, 2010 10:19 AM
"My husband and I were lying on the couch... when suddenly there was a pop and then a gush." Surprise! Baby’s coming… This was our first baby and I had a very healthy pregnancy with zero complications. I had just had my third and last baby shower two
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Posted Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:58 PM
"I struggled to continue through the pain, but I knew how close we were to meeting our little boy. I prayed for strength and found the determination to push through" Off to the hospital My wonderful little boy, Nathaniel John, was born on December 30,
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Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:52 PM
"She shot out of me and was placed right onto my belly. And just as my mom had always told me, once she was born, all the pain stopped..." More than ready for baby At my 39 week, 4 day appointment, I was 1 centimeter dilated, and 20% effaced for the third
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Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:33 AM
"Someone kept saying, 'Ring of fire, ring of fire!' but I really only felt a strong burning sensation one time; mostly I wanted my midwife to stop touching me, so I pushed to make that go away ...!" Early arrival My water broke one Tuesday while I was
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Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:11 PM
"She looked totally different than what we had thought she would look like, but, somehow, I recognized her. I held her to my bare chest and kissed and cooed at her. She was beautiful..." Waiting for baby It was a week-and-a-half before Eloise’s due date,
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