The days leading up to Josie’s birth were a bit of an emotional roller coaster. I gave some brief updates previously about various false starts for this labor, but this post fills in the details. Saturday, October 3rd Despite having experienced labor three times before, this time around things didn’t seem very clear cut. I knew none of the “false […]
Category: Birth Stories
Daniel’s Birth Story – Reflections
Part 1: Setting the Stage Part 2: Before the Hospital Part 3: It’s a Boy! So if I had to do it all over again… (and I hope to one day!)… would I: Wait until birth to find out the gender? Absolutely! We loved this. I had no problem bonding with the baby in utero and the extra suspense and […]
Daniel’s Birth Story – It’s a Boy!
My apologies for the delay in posting this! I truly didn’t mean to leave anyone hanging. In case you missed them, here are links for the first two parts of the story: Part 1 : Setting the Stage Part 2 : Before the Hospital Triage This was my first experience with the dreaded triage area of the labor & delivery […]