Posts by AwaitingJuno

I have absolutely no guilt around having a cesarean nor around asking for one the first time. I have a lot of anger about what happened the first time, but guilt? For what? For choosing a safe and effective form of childbirth that...

The back story is at www.awaitingjuno.blogspot.com - and the short answer is that I don't know why a csection didn't happen with the first birth. It was agreed to before the delivery date, and I didn't go into labour early (I was in...

My first birth experience happened in a baby friendly hospital with the lights turned low, a nurse reminding me that "my body was made to do this", and resulted in the vaginal delivery of a 6 pound 4 ounce girl after just five hours of...