First, let me say WELCOME to our son Quinn! He is 5 days old in the photo above. He was 7lbs, 11 oz when he was born, on September 3, 2008. It was a beautiful planned home birth with Martha Roth attending. We are happy to share the story below and hope that women everywhere will choose to see a midwife, study Bradley Method and HypnoBirthing techniques for natural childbirth and arrange for a birth tub at their birthing location. Birthing at home may not be right for everyone, but it's not the messy, risky, archaic thing that most people think. A planned home birth can be safer than a hospital birth for a healthy women having a normal pregnancy. By staying at home, we ensured that everything that happened was in our control, that the environment was relaxing and comfortable and that we were able to include Milo in the entire process. I wish more people were open to this option and understood how wonderful and empowering it can be. If I can do it, so can you!!
Quinn Leo's Birth Story
On Wednesday September 3rd I went over to my friend Marie’s house around noon for a play date with Milo. We had a great time and left at about 3 pm. On the 30 minute drive home I had two cramps that made me very uncomfortable in the driver’s seat, but I dismissed them since I had been getting Braxton Hick’s contractions in the car for the last two weeks.
When I got home I laid Milo down for a nap and sat down at the kitchen table to check email. I had another cramp that was uncomfortable to stay sitting through and I wondered if I was having contractions. Of course they kept coming and they seemed very regular so I began to stand up and walk around when I would have one and I started timing them. After about an hour it was clear that they were coming every 10-15 minutes and lasting about 30 seconds. They were not terribly painful, but I would have to breath through them a little bit. I called Chris at work at 4:45 and told him that he should head home a bit early and try to get here as soon as he could, that I might be in labor!
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