Home birth Where you birth your baby is a very personal decision. If you are blessed, you will be able to birth someplace you feel safe and comfortable. For me, this has been home birth. The comfort of my very own bed. Those very first cries. Just a few short minutes ago, the chaotic thoughts …
I had always wondered, if, at some point, I would suffer the loss of a miscarriage. For some reason, I had never been concerned about a birth defect. I guess I figured that once I felt a baby kicking and moving around and good heartbeats, everything must be fine. Here is my story of Shalome …
Your sister has anencephaly I was so sad to tell my children that their little sister had anencephaly and wouldn’t survive. We had had a cold, rough April, and now, on May 4th 2022, my kids were all happily enjoying the outdoors when we finally arrived back home. We were still waiting for my oldest …
(click here for part one) NICU staff is amazing After parking ramps and long hallways (thank goodness for the wheelchair!) we made our way to the University of Minnesota NICU. After much scrubbing we were reunited with him. It was late on a Friday, so his surgery (oomphalocele repair) would not be done until Monday. …
