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I had been having practice labor for weeks and I was SO READY. My mom came a couple days after my due date, and I was sure the baby would come. My due date was on Labor Day (September 4, 2017). But after hearing a friend's experience (thanks, Julie!) I was more open to it, and after doing some reading and research I was determined to do it!
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I didn't even consider it with my first two. Before Theo I thought that water births were gross. I also decided to try a water birth this time. The doctor said he went through their qualifications and equipment lists and felt very good about it. But I told him yes and he said "My wife had two of our three babies at home, we loved it!" Turned out they had the same midwives as I did.
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He looked at me and said "Did you have a homebirth?" I was nervous to answer because the medical community isn't known for being pro-homebirth. When Sawyer had his head injury a couple years ago he was being stitched up by a doctor as the children's hospital when I mentioned my midwife. If you don't know about my midwives, please read Calvin's birth story because it is worth learning more about Certified Nurse Midwives. But I didn't know if this one would be the same. Calvin's was beautiful and "uneventful" as far as complications. We prayed very hard about it, because I feel that each woman and birth is unique. You can probably tell how much a third child has rocked my world.Īaron and I decided to have another home birth. Calvin's was a little over a week, and Theo's took six months. I literally had Sawyer's birth story written in less than a week.