Tiyama's Birth Story
I had been hospitalized at 26 weeks for softening of my cervix which was then determined to be pre-term labor, thankfully the contractions stopped after being medicated. After four full days, I was discharged with medication (nifedipine) to take while on bed rest to discourage contractions. On Jan 27th, 2007 (30 weeks) I woke up […]
Mandy's Birth Story
Sorrow endureth for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. -Psalms 30:5 My life as a mother began on February 16, 2007, with the birth of my sweet Kate. I was induced with pre-eclampsia two days before my due date. Long story short, I ended up being completely dilated and after pushing, she never […]
Bronwyn's Birth Story
Lenore Calais February 22, 2011 12:42 pm 8 lbs 1 oz 20.5″ I’m the sort of person who recognizes patterns. I don’t have to try. I simply see them. My children are slowly teaching me that it’s okay to break them. I noticed several similarities between my first two pregnancies and births. Both children were […]
Rebekah's Birth Story
I wish I hadn’t had the optional ultrasound at 20 weeks. Our midwife had given us the choice and we decided to find out if we were expecting a girl or a boy. Late in the afternoon a week later she called to tell me that there were some anomalies and that she was faxing […]
Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Crafts–Uterus Pinata
Ok, I am going to confess something…I actually have no idea how to make this. But is this not full of the awesome? Even though the first time I saw it was on regretsy, and well, let’s just say the comments don’t fully appreciate all of the places where a uterus pinata would be met […]
The Accuracy of Operative Reports
The Accuracy of Operative Reports by Jessica Tiderman “Why did my OB tell me that I had a classical incision but my operative report says that I have a low transverse?” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this, I wouldn’t be rich, but I probably could take my family out to […]
VBASSC–What Does it Take?
What Does It Take? by Katie Grennan Perez When planning my VBA3C (with inverted T), I knew there was a huge road with lots of obstacles and mountains ahead. I began with research, reading everything I could. I wanted to know what people did who had successful VBACs, knowing I would need to do everything […]
Ellen's Birth Story
My body is riddled with scars. I have a scar on my forehead, a scar on my chin where an object pierced all the way through my lip. I have scars on my abdomen from a surgery I had when I was seventeen and scar tissue built up in my ears and sinuses from the […]
Shannon's Birth Story
Shannon had a vaginal birth followed by a preterm special scar cesarean due to a sacrococcygeal teratoma. Let me start off with an introduction! My name is Shannon, and I am mom to Addisyn, now 37 months and Evalee, 21 months and wife to Matthew. My birth with Addisyn was uneducated to say the very […]
Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Crafts–Uterus Pillow
Do you want to make a friend smile like this? Yes, you too can make your own uterus pillow. Supplies needed: · Needle and thread or sewing machine with needle and thread · Fabric (1/4 yd) the one pictured is flannel, but you can use felt, cotton or whatever scraps you may have · Pillow […]
Rowen's birth stories–low transverse incision that tore to the cervix & HBASSC
Q’s Birth Story At approximately 2am on November 6, 2008 I started to get back pain that woke me up. I was uncomfortable lying in bed so I went to the couch to try and get back to sleep. The couch was more comfortable because I could sit slightly upright, so I stayed there until […]
Amy's Birth Story–Inverted T cesarean for face presentation & out of hospital VBASSC
Reprinted with permission from Doula Momma Graham’s c/s birth Thursday April 3, at 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant, I woke up having mild contractions at about 5am. They were inconsistent and hard to time so I went about my day. They became a bit more regular and by noon they were 8-10 minutes apart. […]
