I never knew if I could handle the pain of labor. I thought I had a strong pain threshold but then again, who was I kidding? I had never even been stung by a bee. After a traumatic birth with my first, one that took me spiraling down the stairs of Postpartum Depression, I didn’t … More Bee stings and labor
4 years ago, I could never imagine myself having a home birth. Growing up, for me, the normality was birth happens in the hospital (and in rare cases on the way there). My mother had given birth to all three of her children in a hospital, my sister gave birth to all of her three … More Is home birth really the right choice?
I will never forget the series of events on February 2nd, 2015. It was frigid outside, we were in the middle of an ice storm. I was eating dinner with my husband, when the first ‘doozy’ contraction hit me. ‘Whoa. That was serious,’ I said. It was enough to stop me in my sentence. 5 minutes … More Think you don’t need a doula if you’re taking Bradley classes? Think again…
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