delivery – Essentially a Mom

The Birth Story of Sedona Rey

Essentially a Mom August 30, 2016

There’s no better way to come back to “work” than to write a birth story! Had you asked me that Tuesday morning, on my due date August 16th, if I would meet my baby that day… I would have said, no way. I …

The Waiting Game

Essentially a Mom August 11, 2016

I learned something this week that was a valuable and humbling lesson - babies arrive on their own time.

First Time Mom’s Natural Birth Story — Maverick Leo [Part 2]

Essentially a Mom August 26, 2015

[Click here to read Part 1] The hourly contractions would wake me but cease to continue so I got as much sporadic sleep as I could. At 3am I remember waking to a pretty heavy contraction. Another 10 minutes I’d …

First Time Mom’s Natural Birth Story — Maverick Leo [Part 1]

Essentially a Mom August 25, 2015

Let me tell you, thank goodness I had written this down within a couple weeks post delivery. If you have any desire for recollecting the details of your birth story, then I urge you, through the fog, the sleep deprivation …