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unconformed

Edie's Birth Story

Jul 21, 2010 17:27

On the morning of July 17, I was at the hospital early for my stepdad's surgery. In the recovery room, I felt a kick and then a gush of fluid. My jaw probably dropped but no one was looking. I rushed into the bathroom where I ascertained that yes, my water had broken. I composed my face and told them that I needed to get home (it was noon, after ( Read more... )

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unconformed July 22 2010, 23:43:46 UTC

Thanks!

orbg July 22 2010, 01:26:48 UTC

What a wonderful birth story! Thank you for sharing- we are planning on an uc as well. She is beautiful. I'm excited to finally see pics!

unconformed July 22 2010, 23:44:09 UTC

Thanks! Good luck with your UC!

barefootmomma July 22 2010, 01:54:43 UTC

Congrats, she's beautiful!

unconformed July 22 2010, 23:44:24 UTC

Thanks!

fulguritus July 22 2010, 03:17:50 UTC

I'm friends with Jamie and Shannon. Jamie pointed me to your page. I'm full of baby at the moment and Jamie knows I love reading people's birth stories. :)

Unassisted! Fantastic! Great story. Sorry it hurt so bad, but I'm glad that it went so well, even with the blood loss.

Unassisted is definitely something I've considered but this being my first I'm just going to get a very hands off midwife to be there in case I need her. I'm 21 weeks and -really- enjoying this 2nd trimester. I had a terrible 1st trimester of lots of puking and smell sensitivity causing gagging alllll the freaking time. It suuucked. Now that I can feel the baby moving around, I'm really digging it.

My name is Bean. We've also got Wendy and Alex in common. :)

unconformed July 22 2010, 23:48:05 UTC

Nice to meet you!
I worked with a midwife for 2+ years and would have had one myself if we were still in Ann Arbor (although I don't imagine anything would have happened differently). Midwives are great! I don't even think "hands off" is necessarily the best; I've attended births where I was 100% hands-off and others where I was very hands-on; it's all about how the labor goes and what the mom wants in the moment.

fulguritus July 28 2010, 03:29:23 UTC

Hi again!

I apprenticed for a while then realized I'd rather be a doula. I'm not big on paperwork and don't like dealing with gov't stuff. So it seems to be the best thing.

I'm sure whatever I need in the moment the midwife will do. In fact I'm interviewing one tomorrow and another the next day. My current midwife can't help past August.

Nice chattin!

lozzy_pop July 22 2010, 05:59:49 UTC

Amazing, gorgeous, strong mama and baby.
Congratulations, she is so beautiful and what a beautiful birth!
Love xoxoxox

unconformed July 22 2010, 23:48:26 UTC

Thanks!