First I wanted to thank all the people who responded to my post on Monday. So to update, I went to my initial appointment with the midwife on Tuesday, and it went very well!!! She is the first person I've seen during this pregnancy that made me feel comfortable!!! So now I'm going to have a home bir...

Phoebe DawnFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:47pm7lbs. 14oz.  20 1/2 inches It's pretty long but I wanted to write out everything I remembered. Well, here we go with Phoebe’s birth story. As a heads up - I went completely natural. The only thing I received were antibiotics for Group B Strep and...

OMG...where do I start? The Labor Begins Last Saturday, a week ago today, which was my "official" due date, I woke up and has some slight bleeding and period-like cramping. YEA! I was very excited and thought "oh, I'll have this baby tomorrow". Well, not so soon. Sunday I started losing my mucous pl...

Lilidae Jane Flateau Born May 10th 2008 - 5:47pm6lbs 15oz. - 18.75 inches long Saturday morning I woke up feeling insanely hormonal - turned to Aj and said "Wow, I feel weird and emotional today" - After cuddling and talking to Lily as usual - and felt a weird but small gush of fluid as I got out of...

Okay so I'm I've been looking around the net at birth plan generators and trying to read up on different options that are available to me and trying to make choices about what I want.  Also my child birth classes started and I want to make sure I know what questions I should ask.   I ...

Someone once asked for a hospital birth with no drama. Here it is... It's been over 6 weeks, so this story is long overdue... Little Bit was born on March 1, 2008, at 6:48 PM. He was born in a hospital with a completely natural (drug-free) labor and nearly intervention-free birth. I was assisted by ...

My husband and I talked this morning and we are looking into a home birth!Yeah! I couldn't be happier. So, I'm researching and trying to find as much info(and a great midwife) as possible. I came across this and it was so inspiring, I had to share it with all of you. .peace. "If the hospital is your...