Submitted by Kim of Prairie Momma
Starting Saturday, June 5, I’d been having contractions. I’d have them, then go to bed and they’d stop. Monday night Jeremy and I did everything (and I mean everything) we could to get this kiddo here, but nothing was working…not even causing 1 contraction! I was a bit disappointed. Tuesday morning [...]
Submitted by Joy in CA (to read more from Joy, visit her at Just Plain Joy)
Today is my darling daughter’s six-month birthday. To celebrate, I’ve decided to share my home birth story.
When I was pregnant, I became fascinated by birth stories. I was always hesitant to ask a mother to share her story, but every [...]
Submitted by Carol in Missouri
All through my first pregnancy, I read how horrid it was to be induced and have to have the shots to slow you down etc etc etc. Well, that happened to me both times! Both kids had to be jump-started and both had to be slowed down and no one was [...]
Submitted by Joni
On Sat, May 7 I woke up and was having contractions every 5 minutes for half an hour. I got all excited and thought it was labor for sure, so I got up and called the answering service. By the time she called back, the contractions had pretty much died down. The midwife (Erin) told me to [...]
Submitted by Jessica
The night I went into labor I went to see a movie with a friend. It wasn’t until a few hours later that I suspected I might be having regular contractions. I didn’t want to get too excited, I knew about false labor, so I just kept track loosely of how close they [...]
Submitted by Sabrina in Fulton, KY
My first pregnancy was fairly uneventful, no problems and very little sickness. I was due around the 7th of October and working part time. On September 13th I got home from work at 3:30 pm and around 5:00 I thought my water had broken (it isn’t always a gush and [...]
Submitted by Kristy in KS
I was over due with Gabby and Kate had the stomach flu. As much as I was ready to have the baby I was petrified I would go into labor and be all alone at the hospital. There was no way I was just handing my sick gal over to someone with a [...]
Submitted by Kristy in Kansas
I was teaching classes when the contractions started. That was pretty standard. They had been a fairly frequent visitor for weeks now, but the difference was that day they didn’t stop after a few hours or a lot of extra water. At the end of the day, after we got the students onto their [...]
Submitted by Rayne in Alabama
I have one daughter who just turned 2 and her birth was somewhat eventful, but normal at the same time. I think my biggest regret was being so drugged up I only remember bits and pieces of it and I was too out of it to try and hold her the [...]
Submitted by Joanna in TN
(read more by visiting http://thebouldins.blogspot.com/)
We left the house around 6:40 am to be at the hospital for check in at 7 am. Christopher had spent the night so he could be here to take care of Julia during the day for us. At the hospital we answered questions and filled [...]
