Part I Part II Part III Part IV Monday, April 12th, 2:00 pm “2:08 pm Started pushing. ‘I’m scared’.” This was the last note my mom wrote down for me in the labor notebook. And I was scared, I was terrified. Sarah had to assure me many times that my bottom half was not going [...]

Part I Part II Part III Part IV 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 [...]

Part I Part II Part III Part IV 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 [...]

Part I Part II Part III Part IV 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 [...]

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 [...]