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I wrote up my birth stories for another board a while back, so I'll copy them here. Since the first one is epic, I'll post it seperately.
My first was a surprise PG. I got prenatal care from a local clinic & loved the PA that I saw. She was very pro-natural & supportive. I was very bad about not getting enough exercise. We took a Bradley class. After the birth I felt like I wasn't as prepared as I should have been, but the class was only 6 weeks. I highly recommend taking the longer 12 week class if you can. I also should have exercised regularly.... religiously!
At 36 wks I had to start seeing the OB at the clinic. She was dreadful! She acted like everything I said was insane. I didn't have much choice. I just hoped that the midwife who also worked for the clinic would be on call when I went into labor. We did talk about
Here's birth # 2!
My water broke in bed around 3AM Tuesday night, after having had my membranes stripped at the OB the day before. I wasn't having any contractions to speak of, so we told the Doc we'd go in around 8AM if
And birth # 3!!
You are the best!!!
Here's my birth story!
I felt perfectly normal on Sunday, May 31st. DH and I even went to
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I love reading birth stories!
I was 39w2d, it was a Sunday and football playoffs were over.
I love how your two stories are so different, & you're both happy with how things went ( epi & tearing aside, of course)!