Birth Story
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Our Breastfeeding Journey: My Saving Grace
Before getting pregnant I always knew I would want to breastfeed once I have a baby. And I’ll admit, I was naïve in thinking that it mostly was a choice of wanting to or not wanting to and next a matter of if you can or can’t. The reality is, I thought this way because there’s a major lack of support and general education surrounding breastfeeding and I feel most women are never introduced to it or given the opportunity to learn better. Which is why many women end up quitting or never trying to begin with. Let me also say that I am pro feeding your baby any way…
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Our NICU Story: The Intersection of Heartache and Love
If you read my birth stories part one and part two then you’re aware of what lead me to this blog post. If you haven’t you can find them from the main page and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss any more! To catch you up real quickly though our little boy was born via cesarean at 34 weeks and 2 days gestational age. While there are babies born earlier than that it’s still a very early and potentially critical age for birth and nonetheless scary for us. I was induced at 34 weeks exactly due to severe pre-eclampsia but after 48 hours all methods were deemed failures…
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Birth Story Part Two: It was an Inevitable Delivery
Welcome back! Continuing where I left of in Part One, the induction process wasn’t going quite as planned. A few years back I witnessed my niece’s mom go through an induction and it seemed to just…. happen. My expectation was the same when I heard I was getting induced however, at 6am the day after starting the process, we still hadn’t broken my water. I was having minor contractions, but they were becoming less frequent and less noticeable. Instead of dilating further, my cervix was closing back up, and my uterus was still too high for the doctor to safely break my water. The baby would have been at too…
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Birth Story Part One: Welcoming The Unexpected
Welcome to my birth story. You’re in for a wild ride! Keep reading and subscribe to follow my birth story, NICU journey, and new mom life during a pandemic. It’s filled with indescribable emotions, frightening scenarios, and moments that were heartfelt. Ending as one of the most rewarding experiences of my life despite the pain that accompanies it. Years before I was ever thinking of getting pregnant, I always wondered what it would be like for me. Would I be brave enough to go unmedicated? Would I have a long and stubborn labor or a quick and easy one? What other kinds of things would be a part of my…
