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Birthing

Leo’s Birth Story

July 27, 2010

Leo just turned six weeks old on Saturday, so yes, it’s taken me a while to get around to writing up our birth story, but it’s been a busy time.

The Induction
Leo was very big.  His ultrasound estimates were putting him at 5 kg (11 lbs), so the doctors wanted to induce before I was full term.  At […]

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Waiting for the Birth

June 9, 2010

On Friday, I hit 39 weeks pregnant and will be checking back in to the hospital for a second attempt at inducing labor.  The first attempt, last week, was unsuccessful.
I’m still dealing with nausea from HG, although it has eased up a bit.  If I don’t go anywhere and take it easy, I can manage with […]

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Product Review – Epi-no Childbirth Trainer

January 28, 2009

I first head about the Epi-no (produced by Stardberg Medical) during one of my birthing classes.  The midwife showed it to the group, and most of the women in the class dismissed as an unnecessary expense.  I, on the other hand, was fascinated!
The ‘childbirth trainer’ is basically a vaginal dilator.  An inflatable balloon is inserted into […]

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HypnoBabies Hypnotic Childbirth

December 6, 2008

Congratulations to Tiffany and Stefan, and welcome to the world Mackenzie!  Tiffany, a Texas-born expat living in Germany, recently gave birth to her first child without drugs using the HypnoBabies method of self-hypnosis.  She writes a nice summary and review of the Hypnobabies program, which worked very well for her, on her site No Ordinary Homestead.
I […]

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Pregnant in Germany

October 17, 2008

Now that I am finally an “International Mama,” and not just a soon-to-be-mama, I finally feel qualified to add my 2 cents to the blog! Our girl arrived almost five weeks ago and is already wondering where her sausage and beer are (or at least, that’s how I interpret her crying).
Having never been pregnant before, […]

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