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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 [...]

• motherhood, pregnancy, the fourth trimester

  The baby mean reds

  02.23.11 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  My sister is terrified of having another baby. She has three kids, her new husband has three kids. Their youngest is four now. Being a stepmom is hard; being a wife is easy. None of that’s the problem, anyway, the problem is newborns. That’s not the problem. Newborns are delicious. Even better, they grow into [...]

• 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 [...]

• pregnancy, scout

  No need to say you’re sorry

  03.30.10 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  because I’m flush with oxytocin. (And happy.) I’m thinking of names, and, since it’s easier and just as fun, her blog name: Scout. After the ultrasound I had the best “doctor’s appointment” ever, with one of the midwives I see. It was my first time seeing her; she’s an older-ish lady. Comfortable, calm, confident, and [...]

• labor & delivery, pregnancy

  A Woman’s Prerogative (an Evolution of Birthing Attitudes)

  03.15.10 | Permalink | 25 Comments

  Several people have asked why I am suddenly interested in natural childbirth after ten years and three labors that, while medicated and managed, turned out just fine. Actually, my mother specifically told my brother not to ask me about my birthing plans, but that could have been because we were in the middle of a [...]

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