If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When I got the call that I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, my visions of a completely natural, midwife-assisted childbirth with limited medical intervention felt shattered. Fortunately, a meeting with my (favorite) midwife set my mind at ease in [...]
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I’ve had my water break two different ways: once by a doctor and once naturally. Since I was induced when my daughter was due, the doctor made my water break. With my second baby, my water breaking was my first big clue that I was in labor. Both instances felt very different, [...]
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My first labor was induced because I was overdue and my blood pressure was steadily climbing. My doctor was getting nervous and wanted to avoid an emergency c-section, and to be honest with you I was pretty darn ready to get that baby out of me. I was huge, I had spent a [...]
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