Gwendolyn’s journey from creation to earth side is one full of many unexpected moments ending with one of my most peaceful birthing journeys. We found out we were pregnant the day before we left for several weeks of cultural training in North Carolina. I had felt a bit queasy and had awful acid reflux and […]
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The set up to my birth story is a lot of back story from my pregnancy. The birth-y stuff starts at the “***” This pregnancy was full of new and worrisome things. In my first trimester, I experienced heavy bleeding from a subchorionic hemorrhage and was certain that I would experience my third miscarriage soon. […]
We finally had our home birth that we had dreamed of for so long, surrounded by a wonderful team of midwife (Shannon Stellhorn), doula (Lizet Guajardo) and two midwife assistants (Hunter and Kaitlyn). The contractions were a lot more manageable than they were with Avner (my previous baby), I seemed to be in a lot […]
I have come to understand that Midwives and Doula’s are pretty much hidden angels. After a battle with insurance companies and a doctors office that was way far away we decided to look into getting a midwife this time. I have an older LO who is about to be 5 and he was a hospital […]