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My Natural VBAC: Hello Baby Ezekiel
My little boy Ezekiel was born one month ago. I am thankful to have had another natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) in the hospital – and just like his sister, he came at 37 weeks. It’s been exactly a year since my last blog post. You’d think with the pandemic, life would be slow and boring but 2020 was an insanely hectic year with big highs and big lows and nonstop “excitement” if you will. 2021 has been off to a good start and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome baby Zeke this March. He was born at 37+2 days, weighing a wee 6.0lb (my biggest baby yet!)…
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My Birth Story – Part 2 A Natural VBAC Birth At 37 Weeks
My second daughter Glorianne was born one month ago. Today I’m sharing my birth story where I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) at 37 weeks in the hospital. I shared about my frustrating week-long labour in PART 1. Here is my VBAC experience. Labour Pains The morphine and gravol shot gave me four sweet hours of sleep. I think it was the best 4 hours of sleep I had gotten all week. But I woke up at 3 am with another urge to pee. Then the contractions hit me like a tidal wave and made me double-over with pain. I crawled back into bed and cried –…
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My Birth Story – Part 1 My Week Long Labour
My second daughter Glorianne was born at 37 (+4) weeks and weighed a tiny 5lb 2oz. I had a natural VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) in the hospital. Today I want to share Part 1 of Glorianne’s birth story – my week-long labour process. The Scare I’d been extremely thankful that my pregnancy had been smooth and uneventful this second time around. But at 36+3 weeks, I woke up in the middle of the night and found my pad soaked with dark red blood. As I sat on the toilet, more blood gushed out. I panicked. I called my hubby awake. I was frozen with fear. Thoughts rushed in my…
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Life in the NICU – Rosie’s Medical Hurdles
Our adventure continues as we experience life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and face Rosie’s medical hurdles. *This is PART 2 in our series recounting Rosie’s birth story (check out PART 1). “And though she be but little she is fierce” – Shakespeare
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My Birth Story – Placenta Previa & My Emergency C-Section
Rosie was born at 32 weeks (+3 days) on August 23, 2017. At 32 weeks, I just started the third trimester. On the Tuesday, I woke up at 6AM to pee and noticed tinges of blood in the toilet. “Not again,” I thought. I had been diagnosed with placenta previa which meant any bleeding was potentially dangerous. This is my birth story – placenta previa & my emergency c-section:
