Because everyone I know online is pregnant I have been hearing a lot about their labors.  Some were hospital births, some were at home, and many were even VBACs.  Luckily, most of my friends are pretty informed about pregnancy, labor, and delivery.  This meant that most of them waited for the baby to come when [...]

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A few weeks ago my son was watching DOORA, as he likes to call it, and I was doing my thing around the house while he was entertained.  Don’t judge me….. Nick Jr. is a lifesaver some days…. and he has learned a lot too! Of course I could hear what was going on in [...]

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When my sons took a 3.5 hour nap I managed to edit a video compiling the photos from my homebirth.  There are no graphic images, in case you wondering.

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This pregnancy I decided to take more belly pictures since I took virtually none the first time around.  I managed to remember almost every single week unless we were out of town. The first photo I took I had my hair towel in, and was in underwear.  That sort of became the trend to keep it [...]

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Everett made his way into the world on October 20, 2010 at 6:44 am.  This is how it went down. At around 1:30 in the morning my son, Fletcher, who is 23 months old, was yelling for “Mama” from his bed.  I went in to give him a cuddle and get him back to sleep. [...]

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Happy Birthday to Everett!  Born at home at 6:45 am after 4 hours and 45 minutes of labor.  41 weeks and 3 days pregnant.  He weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz and was 20.5 inches long.  Worth every minute!  I tweeted my birth, you can read my stream on twitter.com/kimrosas.  Can’t wait to tell you more!

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I am patiently (mostly) waiting to go into labor.  As of now I am 5 days “overdue” if my due date is to be trusted.  The thing is, my baby takes directions pretty well.  Here is why: First, my in-laws, who are going to drive here from North Carolina (12 hours), couldn’t come until after [...]

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Today is THE day on the calendar that has a little heart on it.  It is 10-10-10 which has been my due date since my first ultrasound all those months ago! Let me tell you, I have been in denial about having a baby.  Today was the day I was REALLY hoping to have my [...]

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After some thought I did decide that I will be live tweeting my homebirth! Due to the unpredictable nature of labor I don’t know when/ how often I will update.  I have told my husband what I want done and he will take over updates once I get to a point where I would rather [...]

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Today I am 37 weeks pregnant.  I am full term.  The baby *should* be fully developed, lungs mature, ready to meet me whenever he is ready.  I am hoping for later rather than sooner.  He seems pretty cozy in there for now.  I had to reach 37 weeks in order for me to give birth [...]

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