What I Wish I Could Tell My First Time Mom Friend

What I Wish I Could Tell My First Time Mom Friend

As my best friend prepares to welcome her first baby and become a first time mom, I feel an overwhelming sense of excitement and anticipation for her. This is the beginning of an incredible journey into motherhood, one that will change her life in ways she can’t...
Room 301: My Birth Story as an L&D Nurse

Room 301: My Birth Story as an L&D Nurse

November 2017. I had been a labor and delivery (L&D) nurse for 4 years at that time, and had endured almost everything the textbooks talk about. My husband and I were ready to start our own family and had no fear of doing so. We got pregnant right away and found...
The Instinctive Side of Labor

The Instinctive Side of Labor

An unpredictable birth story My due date was November 26th, but I ended up having a natural, unmedicated birth about a week early. With my two previous pregnancies, I went into labor around 39 weeks and progressed pretty quickly for both of them, so the timing was not...