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Monday, April 12th, 6:00 am
“6:00 am still in labor – so tired, just want to go to sleep but hurts so bad.” I lasted less than 5 hours in bed, and then I was ready to be laboring in a new position, new place. From Saturday night through the time I [...]

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Sunday, April 11th, 12:00 pm
A nap seemed like the right thing to help relieve my worries about false labor, and at the time the 3 hours I slept felt like a lot but looking back now how I wish I would have slept even longer! By that time both my mom [...]

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In the weeks and days leading up to T1’s birth I spent a considerable amount of time imagining what the entire experience would be like. I chose home birth because of the control it afforded me. I dictated where I labored, how I labored, and who was present. I read something written by [...]

Now that our house is clear of guests I have a bit more computer time, which means I can finally sit down and finish my novel of a birth story. And when I say novel, I really mean it. Throughout my pregnancy I read many, many birth stories, ranging from those that detailed how much [...]

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Not to come across as grumpy pregnant lady, but there aren’t enough people out there who read this post. I know everyone is anxious to meet [...]