Below you'll find a list of all posts from January, 2017
I was always fascinated by the woman’s body; its beauty and ability to create life. I wondered how I would handle childbirth. I knew I wanted a big family. My mind was set on having kids early to make sure I was at my healthiest. For reasons out of my control my plans fell through and probably for the better. …
The pink figure flying towards us down the corridor was motioning wildly. Somewhere deep within I knew that the action must be directed towards us but she seemed, at that moment, utterly irrelevant. My husband and I were walking slowly into the hospital as I laboured. At each contraction, now very close together, he would kneel as I paused and …
I had never given too much thought to birth. Until my husband and I decided to start a family and I became pregnant. Then birth was all that I could think about. To state it lightly, I was terrified. In my own slightly perfectionist way, I worried that I wouldn’t be “good” at birth. The imagined worst case scenario would …
When my husband Dustin and I decided we wanted to start a family, we were faced with a very difficult truth: I have polycystic ovarian syndrome which would make it almost impossible to get pregnant without intervention. I was devastated, but Dustin, being the constant optimist that he is, knew we would get through it whatever the outcome. With the …
This birth story starts before we even knew we were pregnant. In July 2009, Dalen and I decided that we would start trying for another little one. We knew, based on our history, it hardly meant that we would see a positive pregnancy quickly. At the end of August medical tests confirmed I was pregnant. The numbers weren’t rising as …
