In April 2023, my water broke unexpectedly at 33 weeks and 6 days, and I ended up giving birth to my daughter Naomi the next day, at 34 weeks gestation exactly. Although this wasn’t our first rodeo with having a preemie who needed to spend time in the NICU, this time around we were there …
The birth of each of your children will change your life, but the birth of our fourth and final child — Naomi Jean — dramatically altered our lives in completely unexpected ways. I’ve struggled to articulate each of my children’s birth stories, just because I’ve found each one to be a sacred and singular experience, …
In the last two weeks, our entire world has been turned upside down by the six-weeks-early arrival of our last baby, Naomi Jean. She was born on April 28, 2023, at exactly 34 weeks gestation after my water broke unexpectedly the morning before. I plan to do a separate post all about her birth story, …
Our happy Hyrum boy is 7 months old now, and as I happened to see some of the pictures the other day of when he was in the NICU, I was reminded that I’d never shared our experience with him being born premature in much detail. I think it would have helped me a lot …
Well, it’s official—I should no longer predict how future births will go based on past experience. The birth of my third child–Hyrum Matthew–was wildly different than my experiences with my other two. Part of that was because I went in with a very different birth plan this time around, and the other major part was …
Our Christmas elf arrived a little early this year! Hyrum Matthew Born: 12/11/2019 @ 8:09 p.m. Weight: 6 lbs., 12 oz. Height: 18″ Due to being born at 35 weeks, 5 days gestation, he had to spend two days in the NICU, but he’s home with us now and healthy! Birth story and more details …
Note: If you’re sensitive to medical complications or only want to hear positive birth stories, I would suggest you skip this one. Some Background I come from a family of women who “do” unmedicated childbirths, from my mother–who had five out of the six of us without any pain medications, though the first was not …
Here’s a post I definitely didn’t think I’d be typing up this soon! I’m still a bit in shock that our sweet Mathias joined our family a full three weeks before his due date, but I’m not complaining about the extra time to snuggle him on the outside AND the fact that I don’t have …
