VBAC Home Birth! At 5am in the freezing cold Levi and I went for a walk up and down our city block to work with the contractions and help strengthen them. I turned to Levi and said, "by now we would have had all kinds of interventions at the hospital." At 10:40 am our little girl was born! We are both extremely healthy and happy! This was the experience I wanted- a normal birth- not to be treated as high risk.
Levi was an amazing support throughout the long labor, about 39 hours of contractions never closer than 5 minutes apart and 1/2 hour of pushing.
A special THANK YOU to our midwife, Jane Kirby, CPMW and her birth assistant, Tracy for their patience and gentle listening, suggestions and care. Another special THANK YOU to Jody Hagedorn for assisting my labor progression with reflexology and EFT!
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sarah and levi, i just keep thinking about how proud i am of you two. wow! you persevered through a long labor and accomplished your goal of a home birth! i could hear the exhaustion in levi's voice when he called with the news, so i know it must have been trying at times but you did it! congratulations! i can't wait to meet her....
xo laura
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