Pregnancy & Childbirth
Birth with an audience

Birth with an audience

Women in my city often talk trash about delivering at the local teaching hospital. Here’s why you shouldn’t think twice about giving birth with a room full of onlookers.

Set point

Set point

When your first pregnancy ends at 37 weeks, every day past that is a whole new level of discomfort and impatience. But for me, every day I creep closer to the 40-week mark means a higher chance of my husband missing Squeak’s birth.

Do ya doula?

Do ya doula?

A doula wasn’t part of my birth plan, mostly because of the out-of-pocket cost. But then I went out one night and had a serendipitous meeting.