I wanted to post and let everyone know that our fifth child arrived on January 14. It wasn’t a homebirth as planned though. When I went into labor I just felt very panicked internally.. something didn’t feel normal to me..so off to the hospital we went. I asked for an epidural..a first for me out […]
There was a mom, Michele on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group who was posting that her OB was doing the “Big Baby Scare” and wanted some input. I shared my Big Baby Bull link and said, educate yourself and follow your instincts. She posted her birth story and this was my reply. This is a GREAT example of
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Caden’s Birth Here is the day of his birth.. sorry it is so long! May 19th, Monday morning at 5am on the dot, I was waken up by some real strong pressure waves. I had been waking up at this time for the last few weeks, even though the alarm is always set for 7:00am
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Brie’s Birth This was my fourth pregnancy and my first real attempt to have a natural birth. Seven years ago with my first baby I thought I would go “as long as possible” without an epidural. This of course set me up to fail. I had no idea what I was going to do or
Caterina’s Birth Story Let me start by saying thank you to this group. I feel like I learned so much from you. I read the posts faithfully right up until my daughter’s birth. I didn’t post at all, but still feel like I ‘know’ most of you. I also have to admit that I was
Cyrus’ Birth I was sure I was going to give birth on Friday, but I had had a cold and I think my body held off for a day to give me some extra recovery time. I had some birthing waves on Friday, but never closer together than 10 min. and very irregular. I had
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Claire’s Birth Story When my husband and I got pregnant we did extensive research on the having the safest birth possible for both mother and baby. We chose a midwife as our healthcare provider based on exceptional outcomes research. We quickly came to the conclusion that natural birth was what we wanted. Our midwife recommended
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Note: the word p**n is in here once or twice – though I don’t think I really felt any besides the crowning moment (and that was pretty brief). What I felt is better described as intense pressure or force, rather than p**n. Just a heads up for you. ******************************************************************************* I’m finally getting around to writing
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Amelia arrived safely into this world on a Tuesday evening after a quick and natural labor. She is a happy healthy baby, joining her 3 older sisters into our growing family. BIRTH STORY I was ready to no longer be pregnant. We tried to schedule an induction on Tuesday morning. My OB, Dr. F., knew
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Amberle was born at 6:25ish on May 6. I woke up Monday morning around 4 with cramping thinking to myself, if I don’t get back to sleep I’m not going to have a very good time! I plugged in my easy first stage track on my iPod and didn’t wake back up until about 6:30.
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Just wanted to post and say I had Abigail early Thursday morning just after 5am. My birthing time started at about 8:30pm Wed night. I had visualized my birth being about 8 hours so right on the money. We called my parents once we were sure it was time so they could watch Ethan. I
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I lost my mucous plug on Saturday (December. 1st…my due date was the 5th) and had some waves that night, but they stopped around three in the morning. The next day we walked around the mall and about a million other places but the waves weren’t coming back. Finally I decided to go to be
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I skeptically studied Hypnobabies for the last few months of my pregnancy. My husband was a true critic often trying to prepare me for “reality”. Joking about the “brain washing” CDs. Though he did browse through the partner’s handbook once. This is my story I smile as I write it because even I can’t believe
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On a Friday evening, my “nightly contractions” began. Even though they were pretty regular, I did not allow myself to believe I was in early labor because I had been having contractions each day for several weeks that would get regular for a few hours and then taper off. In fact, I had pre-term
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Tracine Lost mucus plug early in morning, was able to go back to sleep. Up around 7:30. Angela arrived at some point. Sheridan joined the party around 10:30. H- Big Sister went to buy glue with Grandma and Grandpa. Tracine enjoyed pressure waves on the Birth Ball. 11ish Angela left for awhile and Tracine, Juan
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