Posts by afr2010

You can do it!  Our bodies were made for this!  Read all you can. Research all you can.  Make a birth plan!    had one hospital birth (which was traumatic and lead to PPD) and one UC. ( I wanted a home...

I didn't tell any of my in-laws or family other than my sister (who had a previous homebirth with midwives) and my mother.  I didn't get into detail with them and I told them that I might go to the hospital if my body told me to....

here is my birth story!  http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1363058/uc-of-caroline-anne#post_17106704

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I'd just like to update everyone. I did UC! labor was amazing, never once wanted someone besides DH with me, never once thought about an epidural.  However pushing and delivery got scary, my water took it's good old time to break...

I'd just like to update everyone. I did UC! labor was amazing, never once wanted someone besides DH with me, never once thought about an epidural.  However pushing and delivery got scary, my water took it's good old time to break...

SHE is finally here, almost 12 hours old already. 

ok, going insane again. Still no baby! I'm so tired and feel like I'm no where close yet.  Contractions spaced out to every 20 minutes as soon as the sun came up yesterday, then picked back up as soon as it went down. these...

Had "bloody show" this morning and all day.  Contractions have been 3-7 minutes apart  & 1 min long for the past 15 hours. Some really stop me in my tracks but I can usually talk through them. It's been a pretty relaxing...

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