Comments on: Braeden’s Birth Story: Plus Size Natural Childbirth With A Midwife

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:32:12 +0000

Jennifer- thank you so much for sharing your story—it brought tears to my eyes while I’m sitting at my desk at work 🙂 I work at DH, so I’ll be birthing there as well, and reading your experiences has made me request to see Eliza, my first appointment with her is the 18th and I couldn’t be more excited. After spending my first trimester and half of my second with the High Risk clinic, I was relieved when they told me I was able to see the NP’s and the Midwives the rest of my pregnancy. I’ll be delivering my son Liam around the 2nd of December at DH as naturally as the Lord will let me! Again, thank you, your stories inspired me to take charge of my delivery and my birth, and as a plus size woman, I never realized how much the “system” tries to take that control away from us.

By: Elizabeth Flora Ross

Elizabeth Flora Ross — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:58:48 +0000

So beautiful! Loved reading your story.

By: Lisa Marie

Lisa Marie — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:15:14 +0000

Wow. So powerful! What an amazing birth story! Thanks so much for sharing it! <3

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:39:57 +0000

Reading this made me cry tears of joy. What an amazing experience you had with Chris and Braeden. I cannot but hope I can experience something similar. Thank you for the moving story of your son’s birth!!

By: Danielle-Marie

Danielle-Marie — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:45:43 +0000

Your birth story is so incredibly beautiful! I read it on Birth Stories On Demand and I was intrigued by your writing. A fabulous blog you have here too! Your birth story for Braeden was the exact birthing experience I wanted for myself with my son. Unfortunately, I had too many complications for it to happen but I'm so glad to see you had a great experience! I also think it's wonderful that you embrace being plus sized. I'm plus sized myself and just reading some of your material has given me a boost of self esteem!

By: Plus Size Mommy Memoirs

Plus Size Mommy Memoirs — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:49:28 +0000

@Kearsten – I completely agree with you now that I’ve learned a lot about cord clamping! We were in a hospital so A LOT happened after my beautiful birth experience that wasn’t what we desired. We got pulled into “the system” and it took weeks to pull ourselves out of it (I’ll touch upon that in tomorrow’s blog post). This is one of many reasons that we’ve decided to have a home birth for baby #2. Thanks for your comment!

By: kearsten

kearsten — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:12:40 +0000

Great birth story! Only thing I wish I had seen written differently was about your son being limp and blue, so the cord was clamped/cut and he was carried off…that actually wasn't necessary! He was getting oxygen from the cord before it was taken away. The midwife should have left the cord intact and tried to stimulate his breathing instead….BUT you can't change the past and things worked out (which is most important)…its just a bit disappointing to see how the midwife did so great with the labor/delivery but did an ob/gyn move by whisking away baby when it could have been dealt with in a different way.
Congrats on your fab pgcy, birth, and beautiful little boy! My little guy was good and late, born on 9/9/10 at quarter til 9pm weighing 9lbs! I also delivered naturally with a midwife in the UK.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:47:10 +0000

You are such an amazing woman!! I'm lucky to have you as my sister =)

By: Ashlie

Ashlie — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:50:44 +0000

That is such a great story 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing! Very inspirational.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:17:51 +0000

Being with you, Chris, and Braeden before, during, and after you gave birth to our first grandchild was one of the greatest gifts you and Chris could ever have given to me. It was an amazing experience and honor that I will never forget. Thank you. I am so happy, and proud, that your birth story inspired you to be open to natural childbirth when your time came and that you carried on the rocking chair tradition that stays forever engraved in my heart and memory. I am so proud of you and all that you have, and continue, to accomplish. I love you!