In an effort to not make one humongous, ginormous post with everything related to Lylah’s birth I’ve divided it up into three posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (you are here!) Saturday February 11th I woke up super early, even before the kids, with a really strange energy pulsing through me. I think I […]
If you haven’t read Part 1 of the birth story background, go do that first! The week leading up to Lylah’s birth (38 weeks) I had this gut feeling it was going to be my last week pregnant. Every time I felt a discomfort, heavy, achy, not able to hold Sadie in my lap well […]
Lylah’s birth story is so much more involved than just the nitty gritty details of contractions and when things happened on her birthing day. No, there was so much soul work done that God began doing before I even saw those 2 lines on a test last May and His work carried through my entire […]
Writing my last post helped me work through many of my struggles and fears as I awaited Sadie’s arrival. The next day I woke up full of peace and this feeling that God would work it all out with the sickness going through our home and Mark not being able to be at the birth. […]
All my babies have been late, or would have been if not induced on their due dates. I didn’t expect anything less from Ashlyn, I even set my due date a few days later (January 9th) based on my charting rather than the typical last missed period (January 5th) dates most people use to help […]
As you may remember part I of Jaxson’s birth story was last Friday on his due date, November 5th. I labored for hours, getting to 6cm before it stalled. And we waited and waited for it to kick back in. Thursday was another round of prelabor, having contractions all night and well into the day before they […]
I was so honored to be asked by Talk About Adoption‘s founder Callie Jett to be the birth mother interviewed for her film a few months ago. I have a separate post prepared for all the behind the scenes pictures and emotions, but today I will go ahead and share the final film! This premiered […]
I’ve known Callie from Talk About Adoption for about a year now through Birth Mom Buds. I truly feel like God crossed our paths for a reason. For one, she lives not far from me. Can I tell you how awesome it is as a birth mom that felt alone in my school/city/state for years […]
I love sharing my birth stories with others. Partly for myself, to remind me of my own strength inside and to reminisce on the most special days of my life. My children’s birth days mean so much to me, whether they were “natural” or not, they all have memories and taught me something about myself. […]
I participated in Big Tough Girl’s Photo-a-day challenge, each day I dug deep into a memory of what shaped my experience as a birthmom. I wanted to post them here as well to keep on sharing. And because, one day, these memories will be in a book and it’s easier to read on a blog when […]