Our fourth baby arrived 12 days overdue, after 47 hours of labour and a medical emergency! This is the conclusion to our crazy long labour birth story. You can read Part One of our story here, if you haven't already. Here is Part Two: We were on hour 33 of labour, and my … [Read more...] about Everett’s 47-hour Labour & Birth Story (Part Two)
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Everett’s 47-hour Labour & Birth Story (Part One)
Our fourth baby arrived twelve days overdue, after 47 hours of labour and a brief medical emergency! This is his crazy long labour birth story. I love birth stories, but I don’t love mine. I’m telling it anyway, because I think it matters. How women give birth matters. Not just … [Read more...] about Everett’s 47-hour Labour & Birth Story (Part One)
Grace for Your Disappointing Birthing Experience
Post by contributor, Erin Long of Home & Grace 'Erin, you have to wake up. You have to wake up. You need to feed Audrey' My husband had been trying for several minutes to bring me to consciousness but I wasn't responding, I didn't want to respond. 'She's beautiful - she … [Read more...] about Grace for Your Disappointing Birthing Experience
The Birth Story of Canaan Maverick
(FYI: I'm saving most of my labour & birth photos to share in a slideshow. I wanted to include it in this post, but my technical support is out at a guys movie night thing this evening and I didn't want to wait to post the story.. so the slideshow will be a separate post... and … [Read more...] about The Birth Story of Canaan Maverick
Aliza’s Story {Now We Are Four…}
::: A photo slideshow of Aliza's entrance into the world is found at the end of this post. It doesn't "show" much, but (in the wise words of Lola...) "if you will be yucked out by the sight of my heavily pregnant body in a the equivalent of a small bikini, then don't watch" ::: This … [Read more...] about Aliza’s Story {Now We Are Four…}