Start with the first one: Alright. So let me bring this all together in a rundown. Brock and I were still together, attending marriage counseling, pregnant and planning a homebirth. Ronan was diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Sensory Processing Disorder. He had therapy 3x per week, speech and occupational, and was also in three year old pre-K…. Read More
History of Me: Part Twenty-Two
If you are new to this series, you can go back and read from the beginning here. I didn’t believe it was truly labor. It couldn’t possibly be. Ronan was an induction, so I hadn’t experienced the onset of active labor before, but surely it didn’t feel like that. Like a tightening that reached all the way up to… Read More
History of Me: Part Fifteen
Start at Part One! It wasn’t too terribly difficult to return to work after my poopscapade. I was more comfortable than I had been in weeks. I continued on modified bedrest and light-work restrictions (work gently at work and do NOTHING at home) until around 35 weeks, when we agreed that any contractions would be safe to send me into labor…. Read More
Ryder Kane – The Birth
On Wednesday, November 21st, I was 40 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I was tired of being pregnant, and tired of trying to be patient, and ready to have a baby. I had been looking forward to giving birth, and SO EXCITED for so long, only to continue being pregnant. I was READY. Brock, my mom and I were all… Read More
A Friend Indeed.
I am counting down the days until I deliver my third child. This is not my first rodeo, or first time around the block, or whatever cliche you’d like to attribute to the experience. I have done all of this before. But this time, I want something a little different. I have decided to hire a birth photographer. If you’ve… Read More