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Like Lion’s birth story, Panda’s birth story begins at 32 weeks. I started experiencing fairly regular contractions (five minutes apart) around this point and, because I now knew what to look for, I was able to keep track of their frequency. With Lion, I actually didn’t realize until I was in labor that I had been having […]

This post is an edited version of something originally written in August 2014. After having a partial placental abruption at 32 weeks, staying in the hospital for several days, being put on bed rest for several weeks, and having three doctors appointments a week for more than four weeks, I finally hit 37 weeks and […]

I’m usually a minimalist packer for trips but I brought a huge duffel bag and giant birth ball to the hospital for baby Jujube’s birth – a.k.a. the most epic trip I’ll ever take in my life! All births are unique and precious and nothing ever goes as planned, but for anyone trying to take […]

Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? The day I became a mother started like any other in the last few weeks of pregnancy. But by evening, the rain had begun and I was tentatively excited when the contractions that had been coming and going all week didn’t disappear on me. I spent the last […]

I think one of the most common questions that people ask me, even at a year postpartum, is about the differences between giving birth to baby number one and baby number two. I think it is natural to wonder if things were the same or different – especially if you are about to have another […]

Full disclosure — I’m terrified of giving birth even though I have done it twice before. In truth I almost feel more nervous and scared about the whole prospect of labor and delivery this time around than I did the first time with Drake. I think a lot has to do with knowing what’s coming: […]

I guess I am just meant to carry my babies a little long, because this one, like her older sister, took her time to make her debut. I ended up going into labor and having a baby girl on Tuesday, April 21, 9 days past my due date. I was itchy and impatient for this […]