Oliver's Birth Story | Part 4

8:50pm I hear "Grab some towels for the ride to the hospital, just in case"

Oliver's Birth Story | Part 3

There's a quote that goes like this "The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out." -Ina May Gaskin

Oliver's Birth Story | Part 2

Part 2 

I lost my whereabouts, all sense of time and who was around me as the morning approached, leaving behind a sleepless night. I was only focused on getting through one contraction at a time. I took each one like a wave. I found a rhythm in the early morning that helped me stay focused.

It went something like this: as the contraction (wave) came to me I would take a deep breath into the hand towel that had drops of Young Living's Peppermint oil on it, I had thrown up earlier in the morning so my doula Natalie prepared the hand towel for me to sniff, it became part of the routine after that, the peppermint helped with nausea and also helped me stay energized after a long night awake. So as I breathed the Peppermint in I would say to myself "This won't last forever" - I wanted to remind myself each time that this would be over and I was closer to our baby.

Oliver's Birth Story | Part 1

It's time!

I am ready to share Oliver's birth story!