(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still have child care (grandparents FTW) and it’s still fresh in my mind! After experiencing a second stillbirth in November 2016, we were done. We couldn’t imagine trying again and ending withRead the whole post >>
The Birth Story of Theodore James (Part 2).
[Part one] At 11 am (3.5 hours after arriving!), they finally started the Pitocin low and slow like I requested. The hospital has a policy about increasing it a low rate, but the nurses took my desire to have a gentle induction seriously – there would be an hour with no increases. They treated meRead the whole post >>
The Birth Story of Theodore James (Part 1).
I really, really, really did not want to be induced. Why did I fear induction so much? The first time around, because I knew pitocin contractions could be more intense than natural contractions (and I had hoped to give birth without an epidural). This time, I was pretty anxious about facing childbirth again, so I figuredRead the whole post >>
