Part Six: Birth… Try this at home!

October 28, 2009

I’m kind of wondering why I spent so much time writing about the experience when the pictures do such a great job by themselves… Many, many thanks to my wonderful mother for being there. And for bringing her camera!!! Loving my little labor coach   Hey Mom, you okay?  And […]

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Part Five: The Rest of the Story

October 25, 2009

NOTE:  At the moment, this post is without photo documentation.  Give me another few hours and when the Bishop gets home with the laptop that has the pictures, I can update it.  Knowing that some of you are anxiously awaiting the story, however, I shall post it all boring-like wiht […]

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Part Four: Showtime!

October 18, 2009

(Sorry for the delay.  Master Freedom is officially one month old yesterday… About time to get this story printed so my blog can move on.  Did any of you journalers ever get stuck like that?  “I can’t write about today until I finish writing about music camp…”  Until 6 months […]

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Part Four: Show Time!

October 11, 2009

It had been a long, long week of going past that due date.  I smile now when I remember the Wednesday night,  rock-bottom tiredness that led me to scream, “I can NOT absolutely can NOT do this one. more. day.”  Well, okay.  I didn’t really scream it.  At least, audibly.  […]

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Part Three: Due or Due Not

October 9, 2009

I hate the last 2 weeks of pregnancy. I’m pretty sure that “end of pregnancy” is right there in the dictionary defining “misery.” Holy Uncomfortableness, they should make an epidural for THAT. Can’t sleep, can’t walk, can’t sit, can’t do anything to feel better… Ugh. And then when the due […]

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Part Two: So why a home-birth?

October 8, 2009

Seeing that my trend was toward faster labors with each new baby, I (and everyone concerned) was planning for and expecting another fast delivery.  I joked that I’d rather plan a homebirth than have baby that way accidentally… hahaha… but truly, I wassick of hospitals.   Hospitals are for serious illnesses, […]

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FOUR

October 7, 2009

This whole four-kid thing is a little daunting sometimes.  I spent my whole pregnancy not sure how I felt about that number, and then I spent the first 2 weeks of Freedom’s life avoiding it. FOUR kids.  AHHHHHHHH!  Find something else to think about. – was generally the thought process. […]

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