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Rachel
Jun 29, 20204 min read
Late-Term Switch to Homebirth due to COVID Restrictions at Hospital
Wow- labor, what an experience. We have all heard of COVID by this point. I know the virus impacted a lot of families negatively but it...
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Rachel
Jun 29, 20204 min read
Unmedicated Hospital Birth With Nurse Midwife
I finally managed to type up a rough draft of the whole birth story for those of you who are interested :) (FYI it's pretty detailed so...
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Rachel
Jul 7, 20195 min read
Baby N's Natural Hospital VBAC
Baby N was born on June 6 th weighing 8lb. 9oz and 22.5in long. We are so grateful that he was delivered safely and naturally through an...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20194 min read
Silas' Home Birth - Rachel's 4th
Silas was born on Wednesday night/Thursday morning 5/12 at 12:03 am. He was born at home and was 7 pounds, 9.5 ounces and 20 inches long....
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20195 min read
Rachel's First Birth - Natural Hospital
As Rachel and I began to think more about her pregnancy and the approaching birth, we considered the various methods and techniques of...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20194 min read
Annalise's Home Birth - Rachel's 2nd
This is long, so if you want the quick, no-details version: my water starting leaking around 10:30 a.m., midwives came, more people...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20195 min read
Micah's Hotel Birth Story (Rachel's 3rd)
Last weekend, Annalise started complaining of abdominal pain and was refusing to eat. It was really bad on Sunday morning, and her...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20194 min read
Ehren's Birth - 10 pound baby at Home
After a disappointing hospital birth with my first child, Lily, I decided that there must be a better way for me to have a baby. I talked...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 201910 min read
Lorelei's Birth - 1-10 cm in 3 hours!
The Pregnancy I was horribly sick from week 4 to about week 26, I got to the point where I just wanted to go to sleep and never wake up,...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20192 min read
Abigail's Birth Story
Rachel started having regular contractions beginning around 5:30am on Sunday. We timed the contractions all day but they averaged around...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20193 min read
Logan's Birth - Vacuum Extraction
Our little Logan gave us a run for our money and decided to be 11 days late!! Although I felt like I might be going into labor two times...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20197 min read
Ellie's Natural Hospital Birth
Ellie Hope arrived Friday, August 19th at 12:34 am weighing 8 pounds, 10.9 ounces and measuring 21.75 inches. We couldn't love her more....
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20193 min read
Eli's Hospital Birth
On Wednesday afternoon, we had my weekly appointment with Dr. Jansky and they decided to do a no-stress test (due to being late and also...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20193 min read
Gracie's Natural Hospital Birth
Sunday Sept 23, I woke up in such a BAD mood. When I went to use the restroom I believed I had passed my mucus plug. Not sure if it was...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20194 min read
Syla's Birth Center Birth - 2 weeks late
First baby Sylas decided to wait 2 weeks past his due date before he wanted to appear.  I had an appt with my midwife 6 days before he...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20192 min read
Baby B's Birth Story - 4 weeks early
Baby B arrived around 7:40 a.m. on October 11, 2012 weighing 6.5 pounds and measuring 19.5 inches. Wednesday night I started having what...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20192 min read
Lillie's Natural Hospital Birth
I woke up around 2-2:30 AM on November 15th with contractions (I was 5 days overdue). I tried sleeping but the contractions were too...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20199 min read
Hannah's Birth Story - Epidural & Back Labor
Megan went into labor on Wednesday, 5 June. Her due date, as given by our doctor, was 29 May so each day we were waiting in expectation,...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20193 min read
Nora's Birth - Induction for High Blood Pressure
So, when I went in Monday night for my induction due to high blood pressure, I was at 2cm at 8pm. I received my first dose of Cytotec at...
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Rachel
Mar 17, 20197 min read
Alexia's Hospital Birth 12 days overdue
Alexia was due on Tuesday, 8/4/15. Â We had several days where we had a small handful of mild but irregular contractions but they would...
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