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Here I am, one week out from my due date and staring down the barrel at a rapidly changing birth plan. Let’s get it out of the way that we all have the same goal of ending up with a baby and that that is the most important part of the birth plan. Beyond that, […]

I think it was around when I was just about to hit the third trimester with M that I started to get nervous about actually giving birth. The closer it loomed, the more frantic I felt, because somehow, some way, I was going to have to get this baby out of me. This time I thought, […]

As I shared recently, my first son’s birth did not go at all how I had planned. I had to be induced due to low fluid and then in the end, I had a C-section under general anesthesia. Not exactly the birth I imagined. So during my pregnancy with my second son, I accepted from the beginning that […]

Grace Natalie was born on February 21st at 4:31pm. She weighed 7lbs, 2oz and measured 20in long. We are all so in love! On Friday the 20th, Liam and I ran a few errands and had a picnic in the park. He had fun running around playing and I tried to keep up. On our […]

I was not happy to have a c section with my first delivery. When it happened, and for some time after, I was very upset and had a hard time understanding that what really mattered was that Liam and I were healthy. Now that almost 3 years have passed, I am so grateful that there […]

I am 39 weeks and change.  A time when nearly any pregnant woman is oh so ready to get the show on the road already. Rather than just what I imagine is the typical discomfort and anxiousness, I feel the added stress of a ticking clock because I’m hoping to do a trial of labor […]

A very long while ago, I wrote about how much I hoped for “normal” this time around.  And at 29 weeks, I must say that my wish has been granted for the most part. We moved when I was just out of the first trimester and while finding and getting set up with a new OB was […]