daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: March 2009
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Myles' birth by Melissa. My first child has hydrocephalus, and was breech, he was born via c- section at 37 weeks@ ohio state university. i had read enough to know to ask for a low horizontal incision so that i would be "allowed" to VBAC later! They called for a c- section due to distress? And i was cut over an hour later! I sarcastically told them to scoop up a bit of the mec when they weighed him, as normally that is still in them and woul...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: August 2008
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Sadie's Birth by Carrie. Two nights before my "labor day" my husband and I slipped out to Home Depot. Kids were at home with my Mom and we needed to buy a vanity for the kids bathroom we were remodeling. (How's that for waiting until the last minute! He was worried that the midwives wouldn't have a place to wash their hands in there! We went home and I thought that night would definitely be the night. I woke the husband up and told him my...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: December 2008
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Friday, December 12, 2008. Ori's Birth by Christina. Christina and Ori, photographed by Deb Pruitt. I went home and crawled beneath a thick blanket and curled on my side to find a comfortable perch on my ever rounder belly and pitched down into sleep. I don't remember what I dreamed. But Ori was my first. I followed his lead and let myself feel my way. In a divided gown, in the propped up hospital bed, next to the bed, near the bed, I stood and sat and knelt...Deb t...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: April 2008
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Monday, April 28, 2008. Georgia's Birth by Mackenzie. Thursday, December 27th. The curtained areas were tiny and didn't have TVs. Thank goodness Dan was headed home- the room had a bed and a straight-backed chair, and that was it. 7:30AM - I'm finally in a room! All of this was doing nothing? I missed Clara, I was scared. I just wanted to be safe. Saturday, December 30th. Oh, NO. I cannot be getting strep. But my throat wasn't sore—it was HORRIBLY swol...Dan and I w...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: May 2009
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Friday, May 8, 2009. Jonah's Birth by Jen. My son was due on May 5. A day before our wedding anniversary. I had no expectation that he would be out by then. He was our first child, and first children may very well come a couple weeks after their due date. 8221; The OB on-call as backup agreed. They felt giving the vaginal route we desired a shot would be fine, and we would watch our son to make sure he tolerated everything. My cervix was firm and high, only ...My mi...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: Sadie's Birth by Carrie
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008/08/sadie.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Sadie's Birth by Carrie. Two nights before my "labor day" my husband and I slipped out to Home Depot. Kids were at home with my Mom and we needed to buy a vanity for the kids bathroom we were remodeling. (How's that for waiting until the last minute! He was worried that the midwives wouldn't have a place to wash their hands in there! We went home and I thought that night would definitely be the night. I woke the husband up and told him my...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: Myles' birth by Melissa
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2009/03/myles-birth-by-melissa.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Myles' birth by Melissa. My first child has hydrocephalus, and was breech, he was born via c- section at 37 weeks@ ohio state university. i had read enough to know to ask for a low horizontal incision so that i would be "allowed" to VBAC later! They called for a c- section due to distress? And i was cut over an hour later! I sarcastically told them to scoop up a bit of the mec when they weighed him, as normally that is still in them and woul...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: Ori's Birth by Christina
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008/12/oris-birth-by-christina.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Friday, December 12, 2008. Ori's Birth by Christina. Christina and Ori, photographed by Deb Pruitt. I went home and crawled beneath a thick blanket and curled on my side to find a comfortable perch on my ever rounder belly and pitched down into sleep. I don't remember what I dreamed. But Ori was my first. I followed his lead and let myself feel my way. In a divided gown, in the propped up hospital bed, next to the bed, near the bed, I stood and sat and knelt...Deb t...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: Adele's Birth by Autumn
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2008/06/adeles-birth-by-autumn.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Adele's Birth by Autumn. Would I ever be able to go on a hike like this again? Would I ever be able to leave the house again? Would my identity totally change after having the baby? My husband was there to reassure me before we headed home. Around 3:30 am I felt a big “POP” and the rushes kicked into high gear. This must have been my cervix popping open during transition. Adele was in a hurry to meet us! Autumn and her husband welcomed Adel...
daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com
We Birth: September 2009
http://daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
Every Woman, Every Birth, Every Story. Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Makayla's Birth by Suzie. Makayla’s “due date” was October 12, 2008. As that day came and went, I quickly realized that she was not ready to make her way into this world yet. We continued about our normal routines at home, adding in a lot of walking to encourage my body to begin labor. In the back of our minds was the concern of my rising blood-pressure. I was monitoring it 3-4 times a day and all was well until Saturday. I knew at this t...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT