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Rebecca’s Birth Story: My Large 11 Pounds VBAC Baby

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I love a good birth story, so I am sharing mine today! You can read my twins birth story, my son's VBAC story, and my last daughter's induced VBAC story. In case you're short on time, here is the cliff-notes version of our latest baby's birth story: Doctor stripped membranes on my due date (Wednesday). A friend gave me a foot zone late ...

10 Firsts that Help You Believe You Are Indeed Pregnant

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Every single time I see that positive sign on a pregnancy test, I can't believe I'm pregnant. Mostly because I haven't started feeling pregnant yet. It's also slightly unbelievable that my husband and I are actually capable of creating life and that that new life is now starting to grow inside of me! Yes, I know how it works, but it's still ...

26 VBAC Success Stories That’ll Empower Your Trial of Labor

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When you are debating C-Section vs VBAC, chances are you want to know what to expect before, during, and after your VBAC delivery. You want to know that other people had a successful VBAC without major scary complications. You want to hear positive VBAC success stories to boost your confidence going into your trial of labor after a Cesarean ...

My Successful Induced VBAC – Emily’s Birth Story

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Last week we welcomed our fourth child into the Fagan home via a successful induced VBAC. I hadn't planned on being induced, via the doctor breaking my waters, but neither did I think my daughter would have very low amniotic fluid at her 40 week doctor's appointment. Her birth story is different than my others (read my son's VBAC birth story and my ...

Fresh, Local, Organic Produce Delivered to Your Door

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*I received a free small fruits and vegetable bin from Green Bean Delivery for the purpose of this review. Opinions are my own.* Everybody has that adult responsibility that they hate doing, whether it's folding the laundry, doing the dishes, paying bills, or taking out the trash. The one thing I hate doing is grocery shopping. Seriously. Even ...

Michael’s Birth Story – My Successful VBAC of a 9.5lb Baby

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Our baby is here!! And it was quite the long process, what with going well over my pregnancy due date by 13 days, making it 41 weeks 6 days pregnant, and being in labor for more a day and a half. But, we did it! I had a successful VBAC delivery! Short version: 9:00am Wednesday, March 20 - OB stripped my membranes. 2cm dilated. 10:30am ...

Our Fraternal Twins’ C-Section Birth Story

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We went to the hospital for our planned C-section to have our little girls delivered. I was 37 Weeks and 6 days pregnant, large, and ready to meet the babies I've been feeling move around for the last several months. We arrived at the hospital, did some paper work, and then I was taken to the labor and delivery room. I put on my oh so ...