how will the newest family member respond to meeting 13 family members at the same time? meeting the newest family member was such a thrill for me. my three children and their families arrived in pittsburgh,pa for a weekend of celebrating 4 generations. coming together, 14 of us, we were all super excited to meet …
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nesting is an extra burst of energy focused on cleaning and organizing the home to make things ready for the baby’s arrival. it happens in the third trimester. it does not mean labor is starting. nesting is a natural response of taking control over you and your baby’s environment. it becomes apparent in the third …
new baby, new mom is written by a new mama about the realities of life with a newborn. her writing is so refreshing. ya’ll know how i love a birth story and this one is so touching to me. quote from a new mom: “the moment she was born, i was born. there was something …
alone. after giving birth during a planned home delivery, mom was taken to the hospital. her husband stayed home with the baby. they were separated for nine hours. here is part two of their birth story. remember, they get reunited as a family several hours later and she got her fairy tale ending. here is …
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separated from her baby for nine hours after delivery, colleen was reunited and able to hold her baby. separated from your baby is difficult, but especially after just giving birth. colleen shares her birth story. she was transferred to the hospital after she had the baby during a planned home birth. they were reunited nine …
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my momma had her babies fast, really fast, and i followed in her footsteps with two precipitous births of my own! swiftly born is the birth story of my precipitous delivery of our third baby. here is the definition: precipitous delivery is an extremely rapid delivery from the beginning of regular contractions lasting less than …
baby loss isn’t talked about much. i experienced this first hand. for each one of us who has lost a child, mine was a stillbirth at twenty weeks. i wrote my story because I am finally ready to share it. it took me a long time to be able to talk about losing my baby. i felt …
my second child’s birth story. fire station birth is my second child’s birth story. it’s my own birth experience and i was a labor and delivery nurse. i am a professional birth photographer with no birth photos but i do have a newspaper clipping! our daughter was not born in the hospital. she was born one block …
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