Go here for Olive’s story: Part 1 and Part 2 This may be the hardest part of Olive’s story that I will write. The part where I admit that what happened to her was nearly 100% preventable. And yet it happened. It happened because she didn’t receive her dose of Vitamin K when she was born. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Childbirth
A Baby Story: Olive Eloise Leavitt
On Saturday night, we watched Saving Private Ryan. I’m going to say that put me into labor, because by 3:30 AM on Sunday morning, I was having regular, “painful” contractions. (There are quotes around painful, because I really didn’t get the meaning of the word at that point.) They were about 13 minutes apart, though, so … Continue reading
Preparing for Natural Childbirth: Educating Myself
When I was pregnant with Josephine, I was convinced that the only way I was going to give birth was with a very strong, very effective epidural. I had a low pain tolerance, and it seemed like natural birth was only for superwomen anyways – you have your baby naturally, so you can tell everyone … Continue reading
An Update: 5 1/2 Weeks
Alright, let’s ignore the nasty hair and the sweatpants/stripes combination and focus on the fact that I’m already showing, people. And I swear to you, this is not part food baby. It is blowing my mind. I wasn’t showing this early with Josephine at all. Just so you know, I’ve done all the fancy superstitious tests, specifically … Continue reading
A Baby Story: Josephine Jacqueline Leavitt
It started the night before my birthday. At first, I thought this was kind of lame. Still really excited, but…Josephine was due a week before my birthday. What are the chances she came on the same day? I so did not want to share! But if she was coming, she was coming, and there really … Continue reading