diblog | September 8, 2010
Erica’s Birth, July 1985 Hard to believe it was 25 years ago that my first daughter was born. Some memories will come and go, others fade with time, but birth memories stay with you forever! Pregnancy was always something I dreamed of and looked forward to, even as a little girl. And let me be […]
Category: 1980s, August babies, July babies, March babies |
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Tags: c-section, drug-free, first child, hospital, overdue, positive, second child, short labour, siblings, third child, vaginal
diblog | May 27, 2010
At 3:45 a.m., May 19, 2004, my son Jackson (2 ½ years old) woke me up by coming to our bed. He said, “Mummy, I’m sore.” When I felt him, I realized that he was burning up. We went back to his bed and I lay down with him for a few minutes. I realized […]
Category: 2000s, May babies |
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Tags: distress, drug-free, homebirth, natural remedies, second child, siblings, vaginal
diblog | May 2, 2010
Thank you for being here! I hope you find what you came for. Here is the story behind MotherGather. When I was first pregnant, I asked practically every mother I could find to tell me her birth stories. I wanted to hear what birth is really like, not the hypothetical situations you read about in […]
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