She thought she knew her limits. She thought she knew what she was capable of, but this birth showed her that she was capable of even more. She had achieved more than she ever thought possible.
Attending a birth at Gaslini Hospital in Genoa was a positive experience. In this post I share photos and information about the building and protocols that they have around birth.
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Labor and birth is like a mountain. A tall one. And you're the climber. What exactly can a doula do on your journey to the top?
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I delivered my little lady just before midnight on Boxing Day 2017. What an amazing experience. To feel my body perform such a magical feat was unreal.
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Rachel shares two birth stories with us. Ciaràn was born when Rachel was in secondary school. Sixteen years later, baby sister Imogen Ivy was born in Lancashire, England.
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It happens. Breastfeeding doesn't work out for everyone. And if this is your case, I'd like to tell you something.
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Sometimes I imagine what this birth would have been like if all the people involved had been there exclusively for us. Explaining things to me, asking me how I was feeling, speaking in hushed voices, knowing when to talk or when to be silent. I would have felt like this work that I was doing was immensely important as opposed to a mere bother.
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Doulas take care of mothers. Mothers take care of babies. Babies are our future.
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A few months into a birth and postpartum training course and I can definitely say that it is changing the way that I view birth and life in general. There are four things that I keep thinking about because I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRUE, yet as I think more and more about these things I realize that of course they must be.
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The newborn phase is such a blur in my mind. The intense growth (mine and baby’s), sleepless nights, either too many visitors or sad isolation. I’m so happy that I have these photos to remember what hard work we were doing together. We were getting to know this world. Getting to know this new life.
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I have heard that children mirror their parents. But temper tantrums? Where do they come from? Steven helps me to reflect on my own ability to be patient.
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"I truly did not feel anything - even though the monitor showed the contractions were at 75-90% intensity. The only way I knew I was having a contraction was the skin of my belly got tighter and harder (more than it already was at it's maxed out, 9 months state)." Amy tells us the story of Luke's birth in Virginia, USA.
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