Posts by allisonrae

I was nervous the first time I nursed in public. The first woman I saw came up to me and told me to keep up the good work

I started looking into natural childbirth when I found out you can save quite a but if money by skipping the epi (what can I say? I'm frugal). Then I watched a coworker go from fine before her birth to having back pain at her epidural...

Anyone have drastically different length labors? I had my first babe about four months ago. It was a drug/intervention free birth. Labor was 39 hours. I veiw the experience as somewhat traumatizing but generally very positive. Like, it...

"I was feeling ashamed when getting the stitches that I was not totally calm and 'cooperative and everything but constantly shaking and crying and pulling away, unintentionall" Me too! I felt like a whiny baby. I kept apologizing but...

Birth story My LMP due date was Oct 3, but I told everyone my due date was Oct 2 based on a calculation from when I believed I had ovulated. (It was only one day, and really silly but I so hate the assumed ovulation on the 14th day of...

I know this is kind of an old post but I actually just made an account to comment. Reading these comments has made me feel so much more at peace with my own birth. I had my son about four months ago. I wasn't afraid of labor at all....