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 [...]
I read every book and article I could get my hands on before going into labor, hoping to be as prepared as possible for whatever may happen. I wanted to read about every possible glitch that might happen so that there would be nothing that would take me by surprise. It was my [...]
Does labor hurt? Why yes, it certainly does.
You’ll hear many different stories from many different moms who talk about their own labor experiences, and one thing you’ll notice is that everyone has a different take on the subject. Some women will tell tales of horrible, gut-wrenching pain that they never forgot while other women [...]
This is my first post since giving birth to my 3rd child, boy # 3, who was born three weeks ago today (Thursday). My little guy was born on May 1st (aka May Day). His name is Jack.
After experiencing some painful contractions for a few hours on Wednesday night, and poking my sleeping [...]
Some doctors will try to estimate when labor will occur. This can be based on the dilation, the due date or it may just be a guess based on previous pregnancies. But, if you press them, they will usually acknowledge that labor just can’t be medically predicted with any accuracy. But, there are a lot [...]
When I was in the beginning stage of labor with my first baby I still had the remnants of modesty. My mother-in-law, who I asked to leave the room whenever the doctor came in to examine me, laughed and called to me over her shoulder on the way out of the room that I [...]
It’s 2 a.m.; you wake up with your stomach as hard as a rock. It releases, but does it again a few minutes later. It’s 2:05 a.m. and you’ve had two contractions. Could this be it? Could you be in labor? You’ve had two more contractions and it’s now 2:30. [...]
You are 39 weeks pregnant-you have been dilated at 2 for 4 weeks now; you’re 75% effaced; and the baby is at a zero station(not to mention right on top of your bladder), as soon as you stand up in the morning your feet swell to double their size, your hands have swollen so much [...]
Childbirth is a bit of a blur for me. I do remember it hurting a lot, and I do remember how grateful I was when it was time for the epidural, but other than that I have a hard time recalling the actual schedule of events from both times I was in labor. I read somewhere that it’s common for women to forget the pain and such from labor because if we remembered we would[...]
When I was in labor with my son I lost a lot of blood. The same thing happened with my daughter…for one reason or another my placenta got stuck and the doctors had to go in and retrieve it. Yes, I said doctors (plural) as opposed to doctor because at one point I think I had three doctors standing there taking turns, frantically trying to retrieve my placenta. This was all while my poor husband stood there, mouth agape, wondering…
