Thanks to Sam for sharing the Kentucky home birth story of Silas. ————————————- I had a normal pregnancy. No issues at all. Except, from 37 weeks on, I had prodromal labor. Every night I would have timeable contractions that were slightly painful, but they never seemed to amount to anything. I was getting very antsy and uncomfortable and just ready to meet my baby! I had my daughter 10 days early (medical induction in the hospital), so when I passed…
Thank you to Amy for sharing the 2011 Kentucky home birth story of Eleanor. Eleanor was born in Lexington, KY. —————————————————————- Toning contractions had been happening since the 5th month of pregnancy, and had been rather intense the last few weeks. A couple of times I thought, “This might be it,” but since it was our 5th child, I knew better than to get too excited too early. So when I felt my 1st “real” contraction while grocery shopping with…
Thanks so much to Brandy for sharing this story and photos from the Murray, Kentucky home birth of Zechariah. This story is posted in full on Brandy’s blog, Living a Full Life, so click on over there to read the entire story! ————————————- “I continued to labor and then what happened next could only be described as a God-hug. The music was playing through the house. We were all sitting in the living room and a song I hadn’t heard before…