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An open letter to my blue-eyed baby on his first birthday

September 3, 2016 by Aprille 14 Comments

Hi Baby. You don’t really understand, but today is your FIRST BIRTHDAY. We made it! And of course, we are celebrating in style by waking up at 5 AM! Little Brother, you have taught me so much this year. This past year has radically transformed the way I view the world, and I owe that … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Birthdays, Ezra, Family, Little Brother, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: baby, birth, birthday, c-section, cesarean, Ezra, little brother, motherhood, star wars, VBAC

Finding emotional healing from my primary c-section

October 14, 2015 by Aprille 2 Comments

Written on April 30, 2015 23 Weeks, 1 day Last week I realized that I didn’t remember what the pain felt like. I know it was bad and there was screaming, but it’s a blur, and I have no physiological memory of it. All that changed last night. I had a nightmare. I was at … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: c-section, cesarean, healing, VBAC

Optimal fetal positioning: what does science have to say?

October 12, 2015 by Aprille 8 Comments

Optimal fetal positioning is a hot buzzword in the natural birthing world, especially when it comes to VBAC. So what is it all about, and why does it matter? More importantly, what does the scientific research say? My Story I remember lying there on the operating table when they came back and told me my first … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: birth, c-section, cesarean, malposition, optimal fetal positioning, TOLAC, VBAC

Affirmations for ANY birth (even a c-section!)

October 10, 2015 by Aprille 5 Comments

Birth affirmations. Those wonderful mantras that mamas repeat to themselves in pregnancy and birth to maintain a positive outlook on birth. When I was preparing for my VBAC, I ATE THEM UP! (You can view the complete list of birth affirmations I used in pregnancy here.) Looking back, I almost find it humorous. Other times, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: affirmations, birth, birth affirmations, c-section, cesarean, pregnancy, TOLAC, VBAC

Little Brother’s Birth Story {the long version with pictures and video}

October 2, 2015 by Aprille 9 Comments

Little Brother arrived Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 5:58PM. He weighed in at 10 lb 1 oz, 22 inches long. I went past my “due date.” This was not all that concerning to me, although my husband and son were quite ansy. {Read my 40 week update here.} I continued having prodromal labor, soft bowels, mucus, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Little Brother, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: birth, birth story, c-section, cbac, cephalopelvic disproportion, cesarean, childbirth, TOLAC, VBAC

31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}

October 1, 2015 by Aprille 11 Comments

I started preparing for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) pretty much from the moment I brought Ezra (my first child) home for the hospital. His birth was scary, traumatic, and disappointing. I knew that the next time, I wanted a vastly different experience. I did a lot of research over the five years between his … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Motherhood, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: 31 days, birth, c-section, cesarean, childbirth, pregnancy, TOLAC, VBAC

Little Brother is here! {and short-ish version of the birth story}

September 9, 2015 by Aprille 13 Comments

Little Brother arrived Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 5:58PM. He weighed in at 10 lb 1 oz, 22 inches long. I plan to share his birth story in a lot more detail with pictures and video (we have over 240 pictures of labor and birth alone!) in the month of October, when I’ll be sharing 31 … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Little Brother, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: birth, birth story, c-section, cesarean, little brother, pregnancy, TOLAC, VBAC

Ezra’s (Cesarean) Birth Story

February 27, 2011 by Aprille 32 Comments

“Let labor begin on it’s own…” (Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice #1) On the evening of September 6, 2010, this was the one thing I was trying to repeat over and over to myself. I was almost 41 weeks pregnant. In the months leading up to Ezra’s birth, I had done of lot of research into … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: baby, birth, birth interventions, birth-trauma, braxton-hicks, c-section, cephalopelvic disproportion, cesarean, childbirth, CNM, doula, Ezra, failure to descend, failure to progress, kurt, labor, malpositions, midwife, pitocin, pregnancy

Birth Announcement and Recovery Update

September 17, 2010 by Aprille 12 Comments

Ezra was born September 7th, 10:32 PM. He weighed 9 lbs 13 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. When I ended up delivering Ezra by cesarean (that is a long story in itself which I will post about later), it was immensely difficult. But if I had known then what my recovery would be … [Read more…]

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