• Motherhood

    Thank You For The Gift I Never Knew I Needed

    “I didn’t give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you” The day that I found out I was pregnant with Jackson is one that I will never forget.  It was unexpected and filled with emotions I didn’t know I would feel.   My husband and I got married at the end of August, and shortly after getting back from our honeymoon, I began to feel sick.  I was nauseous and had to pee all the time.  I went to the doctors because I wanted to figure out what was wrong.  I took a urine test to determine if the cause was one of two things:…

  • Baby

    Birth Story Q&A

    “Birth is not only about making babies.  Birth is about making mothers-strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.” -Barbara Katz Rothman Hi guys!  Welcome to my birth story!  Well, not my birth story, but my boys!  I thought I would do this a little differently and do it Q&A style.  This way I can talk about both boys labor and delivery experiences 🙂  So here we go! Did you go into labor naturally? With Jackson I was induced at 38 weeks due to a condition called Cholestasis.  I hated being induced and prayed that I would never have to be induced again.  The labor was longer…