Baby #2 My perception of the birth of my second child has changed dramatically in the last few months. An educated perspective has helped me understand why, even though his birth was a better experience than the first, I still felt empty afterwards. My second child was born eight days early and I didn’t … Continue reading Baby #2- Less traumatic…I guess…
Month: April 2016
Pregnancy, Prozac, and Prenatal Mama Trauma PART 2
Pregnancy, Prozac, and Prenatal mama trauma. I have to start this chapter out with a very brief history of my relationship with Prozac. No one wants to rely on medication to feel normal but trial and error showed that going without my medicine wasn’t an option. I remember being in the last trimester of my … Continue reading Pregnancy, Prozac, and Prenatal Mama Trauma PART 2
Pregnancy, Prozac, and Prenatal Mama Trauma
I was 29 weeks pregnant when I abandoned my OB/GYN of the last 8 years. It wasn’t personal, it was just, well personal business. He couldn’t give me the labor and delivery I wanted in a setting that would be conducive to a pain free labor and delivery, at least as far as I … Continue reading Pregnancy, Prozac, and Prenatal Mama Trauma
Meet the Midwives
What’s it like to have an appointment with a midwife? My first appointment with my midwives lasted approximately two hours. My friend, the one who I met my midwife through, said that they usually last an hour. I was able to ask a lot of questions and really get to know her background. Almost … Continue reading Meet the Midwives
Baby Number One
My first labor and delivery, while not as horrifying as some, was a nightmare. It took years to fully recover from the experience. At that point in my life, at eighteen, almost nineteen years old, I wasn’t in an ideal situation for a peaceful life, let alone a good labor and delivery. My husband at … Continue reading Baby Number One
