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• childbirth, labor & delivery, motherhood, pregnancy

  Reviewing Molly’s birth, a natural childbirth testimony

  12.04.11 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  I was talking to my cousin for the first time yesterday. That sounds pretty lame, but I have about seventy first cousins and this was the wife of a cousin several years younger than me. She is almost due with their second child, and it turns out she is seeing the American Fork midwives like [...]

• baby Molly, childbirth, labor & delivery, motherhood, scout

  Birth Story, finally

  11.16.10 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  I think this is the part where I get to say, demurely and modestly, of course, that thank you, thank you, yes, no applause please, I birthed that baby without any pain medication. But all I can really say is that that is some PAINFUL stuff, and if I hadn’t been blessed with a pretty [...]

• book review, childbirth, labor & delivery, pregnancy

  What to Read When You’re Expecting

  10.04.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I’m still not quite ready to write Molly’s birth story. I’ve started several times, but can’t find a good way to balance the facts and analysis with the wonder, the amazement, the relief. I have relived it several times in retrospect, something I don’t remember doing with my other births. I mentioned this to Chrysanthemum [...]

• childbirth, labor & delivery, pregnancy

  The tyranny of freedom, the empowerment of surrender, OR, this was easier when I wasn’t in charge

  08.29.10 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  I’m nine days “overdue.” When I first started reading up on natural childbirth, I never thought I’d be seriously considering getting induced at some point because I just assumed that, with this kid being my fourth, and having had one baby (Callie) come early, that things would just happen on their own, in an acceptable [...]

• childbirth, labor & delivery, pregnancy

  Birth Plans

  07.29.10 | Permalink | 25 Comments

  At my 36/37 week appointment yesterday, I was 1-2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. This was only my second vaginal exam this pregnancy, and since I was getting the Group B strep test anyway, I said sure when the midwife asked if I’d like her to check how things were looking down there. I’ve been [...]