This is an excerpt from the story of my first natural birth. It was an experience I hope will encourage and inspire people who have had, will have, or are remotely interested in having babies at some point. At the end you can click on "Anabelle's debut" for the rest of the story and some pictures from the process.
"I have to say, if you had asked me last Thursday if I truly believed my birthing experience was going to be exactly what I wanted, I would have told you no. I was a week and 4 days past my due date and feeling like my body was not working properly. My thoughts were really beginning to drift to there being something wrong with me. However, I was proved very wrong. I'm going to share my birthing experience and I have to warn you, I'm not going to hold back. You're going to read about the entire experience and it is graphic in some parts. I'm also going to share pictures that you may or may not want to see. To me they are an amazing documentation of one of the most defining experiences of my life to date, but to you.. they may not be.. So if you're not up for reading about vomit, mucus, nudity, breasts, and the beauty of the "pain of labor," you may not want to continue. But I'm game if you're game!! :) Hope you all enjoy my story of little Anabelle's debut appearance."
If you'd like to read about our most recent birth, here's part one, and here's part two. It was an unassisted home birth and the most AMAZING experience in my life. I hope you enjoy it!
