Mild Mama

SO, where was I... Oh right, we decided to call both an OB & a midwife to see what the options were and what their opinions were on everything that had happened with my previous doctor. I got off the phone with the OB office, who I was really leaning towards because I believed I needed another hospital experience, I had tried unmedicated before and it just wasn't something I could do. I got off the phone with them and they said they would call me right back. Meanwhile, I called the midwife and left a message with them, a little relieved they didn't answer and feeling like maybe that was the sign that I was going to have it all work out with this other OB office.  I was out to lunch with my sisters when I missed the call, 1 new voicemail. It was from the OB office informing me that I was too late to take on as a new patient. They told me how sorry they were that it wouldn't work out but wished me all the luck. Juuust what I was dying to hear (queue the sarcasm). As I was...

Today, I decided to dust off my computer and put out a new blog! YAY. I was wondering what I should share but I decided to write out my birth story. Mostly for my keeping, but I've had few people ask as well. I've been reeling over it the past few weeks and I have really wanted to share the entire story and how it all went down. Bear with me, I will probably have to share this in increments. Back about a month and a half ago, I was at my OB appointment when he sprung the news on me... "I wont be delivering your baby" WHAT?! I was so confused..This is a long story for another time... I was two weeks away from giving birth. COOL. How could he do this to me? I had carefully picked him out knowing he was pro VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), knowing he supported my crunchy ways. My last 3 births were semi-traumatic for me. First, Emma was an unplanned c-section, then I had tried to have Cyrus at home naturally but after a labor that lasted almost 18 hours, I stalled ou...

This ought to be fun. It has been a little while since I've put out a blog and I've honestly really missed it! I think I might've started my last two blogs with that sentence but I'm not too sure, so I'm just going to go with it. I don't even really know what I am going to write about - BUT my biggest fan reached out to me this week telling me he really missed my blogs and sent some encouragement to start back up. So what if my biggest fan is my brother? It still counts, right? Life has been a little wild around here. We moved up to NH as I think everyone and their mother already knows. It's been amazing being around family and seeing my kids with their cousins. This weather has been a huge plus, too (except for the snow flurries we got today, what is that about?!) Along with life being just about perfect, it hasn't come without its major down times, too. Sam and I have learned A LOT these past 8 months of living in a basement. It's been a lot of...