by WP Management Team Dev | Oct 28, 2015 | Bradley Method, Positive Birth Stories
41 weeks, 2 days. A grim number when you want a home birth with a midwife. The thought of hitting that 42 week mark scared me into a lunging, walking, acupuncture and herbs for induction machine. California law mandates she can no longer be our care provider after 42...
by WP Management Team Dev | Sep 13, 2015 | Easier Labor & Birth, Labor and Birth Advice
How Will I Know If I’m In Labor? What Are The Signs Of Early Labor? What Should I Do When I Realize I’m in Labor? Before the signs of early labor begins there are a lot of hormonal changes going on inside your body. You start making less progesterone and more...
by WP Management Team Dev | Sep 1, 2015 | Best Cesareans Possible Positive Birth Experiences, Positive Birth Stories
First Lesson Learned – Better Not Hurry Off To The Hospital Twenty-one months ago I experienced labor and birth for the first time. It was 10 days past my due date and I woke to leaking amniotic fluid. Because I was past 40 weeks, my amniotic fluid levels...
by WP Management Team Dev | Aug 5, 2015 | Positive Birth Stories, Positive Birth Stories
Expectations I had seen a couple of babies born when I was younger, thought the process was beautiful. I knew there were other options other than a hospital birth but having only witnessed and really known hospital births, that was my comfort zone, so that’s where I...
by WP Management Team Dev | Jul 31, 2015 | Best Cesareans Possible Positive Birth Experiences, VBAC
After finding such a supportive doctor in Dr. Damon Cobb D.O.-OBGYN, for my May 2012 VBAC attempt, I knew just where to go when I found out I was expecting my 5th baby! My pregnancy went well, no complications at all. I am considered ‘high risk’ because I...
