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
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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