January 2012

Inspiring VBAC – She’s Here!

4 AM ?!?! Wow, things were just moving right along! A little while later, I was resting between contractions and I started wondering if someone had turned off the pitocin again because I felt like several minutes had gone by without anything happening. Literally, as I was finishing this thought, I heard Nichole say (to

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Inspiring VBAC – Pitocin

Sat, 5/14/2011 – 40w5d About 12:10 AM, the nurse started my pitocin @ 2 milliunits. I was standing next to the bed when she did this (because sitting kept throwing off the monitors and, honestly, just wasn’t very comfortable) and instantly found myself leaning over the bed as a contraction hit me. The first two

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Inspiring VBAC – Part 1

I want to start this year with an amazing VBAC birth story, shared by a mom on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group.  It is a few posts long, with great pictures.  Enjoy! Wed, 5/11/2011 – 40w2d I noticed that “Waffle” was more active than usual as we watched TV and got ready for bed. I started

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A Year with NO Goals?

Last year was an amazing year for me. I did a lot of growing and letting go too. I started 2011 with 52 goals. I achieved most of them, I usually do achieve my goals. But I was very frantic about it. It wasn’t done with intention and love, rather with urgency and hyper-focus, with

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