Choosing the right doula was important to me, and I looked for a long time before meeting Delilah. A doula is your biggest advocate during delivery, and I wanted someone with the expertise to handle anything that came up, the empathy to sense my needs and respond to them, and the leadership skills to clearly state her…
DetailsMy first birth to my daughter was about 3.5 years ago and I wanted a natural childbirth. My husband and I took Bradley childbirth classes and patiently awaited the arrival of our first child. When I went into labor, it seemed like nothing was going as I had planned. I ended up having back labor…
DetailsThe Birth of Nora Jane – February 8th, 2015 Oh my Nora girl. My 4th baby, second daughter. My 3rd VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and my 2nd homebirth. I knew I wanted a 4th baby, but I thought it wasn’t time yet. I wasn’t ready, and I had other things planned first. Of…
DetailsThis is the story of Noah’s arrival. I hope this is helpful to other expecting moms. Noah is my third child by birth. My other children are 12 and 10 plus I also have a 22 year old stepson and occasionally my 5 year old niece. It’s been over 10 years since I’ve been on…
DetailsFinding Delilah was a HUGE blessing to my pregnancy and birth. As a first time mom I knew I wanted a natural childbirth but had some uncertainties. Delilah made those uncertainties disappear. From our first phone call to the days leading up to delivery Delilah was always there with her extensive knowledge and supportive attitude.…
DetailsThe birth of Graham Lucas Since several of you have asked, here’s the story as I recall it [at the moment]- granted, I’m sleep deprived, so some details could be a bit off. The players: Mommy – me Daddy – Luke Big brother – Kasen Doula – the amazing Delilah Midwife – Cecily Floyd Nurses…
DetailsHannah Kate Brooks- Born by unmedicated VBAC on 11/2/2009 The night before Hannah was born I felt so defeated. I was heading into an induction the next morning, one I didn‘t want. I believed my body knew how to go into labor on its own…but… it hadn‘t… and I didn‘t really have any other options at…
DetailsRobbie and I had purposely decided to wait until we had been married for several years before starting a family – after all, how hard could it be to get pregnant? As a planner at heart, I was very troubled to find out that pregnancy did not come easy to us. After about a year,…
DetailsTwo weeks and four days ago, I was due to have my baby girl, and I spent those two weeks in a roller-coaster with my faith from completely trusting The Lord and not worrying to “Lord, why did You have to ruin my second delivery after having such an incredible first natural birth…it’s not fair…
DetailsI started to write out my birth story and after a few pages into it, I realized I was getting wrapped up in the details. No one really cares about my appointment times two days prior to going into labor or even how I spent my time in triage. That being said, I saved what…
DetailsI had a plan. 27: get married. 28: travel and have fun. 29: get pregnant. Instead, it was 29: get cancer. And I got it bad. I was given a 60% chance of survival. The treatments had a 25% chance of destroying my fertility, and when I asked my doctor if there was anything we…
DetailsMy first birth went pretty much as planned – a beautiful home birth at 38 weeks 6 days, resulting in a precious baby girl. So when I got pregnant again, there was no reason to think that things would not go smoothly again for me – but I had a gut feeling that would not…
DetailsEliot. His name means, “My God is YHWH.” He has been a testimony of this since conception, and we pray he will continue to be such a testimony each day of his life. His birth story begins with pregnancy. At 26 weeks we found ourselves in the emergency room with pregnancy-induced hypertension that was staying…
DetailsOn the fifteenth of October, two of my long time dreams became a reality; experiencing a water birth and having a daughter.. The day before our estimated due date was a full moon, which I had decided would send me into labor. I follow in my mom’s footsteps in that I give birth on or within…
DetailsFor those of you who have read Lincoln’s birth story, you’ll know that I’m no stranger to traumatic experiences during the course of labor and delivery. While my first pregnancy was very easy, it ended in 36 hours of labor induced by Cytotec, followed by a c section and a very difficult recovery. Though I…
DetailsAt 43w2d, (ahem, I’m sure I was only 42w2d, according to my charts, but I must have misspoken about the date of my LMP at my first visit) I went to the Dr’s office to get everything checked out. There was no cervical change from the week before (I was so disappointed after all those…
DetailsGage Gregory was born on Thursday June 24th at 8:11pm 8lb11oz, 21 inches long My birth story: We went in for a 42 week induction Wednesday evening, just Cervidil to start with. I was 2cm to start with, 75% effaced and -3 station. Baby’s failure to drop into the pelvis had been the issue with…
DetailsWilliam John’s Birth Story My due date was January 29, 2009, and of course that day came and went. I was secretly hoping that I would go into labor before then, but at the same time I knew that really wasn’t going to happen. I was going for a VBAC, so I had to just…
DetailsPeyton’s Birth Story When I got pregnant, I knew I wanted a natural unmedicated birth. And I was sure I knew how to get it. Delilah and I had been friends for years and I had been around when she decided to become a Doula and throughout her training. I had listened to what she…
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