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Two Hospital Births with Midwives and a Home Birth
Kaitlyn’s first birth was a beautiful, empowering, unmedicated vaginal birth with a hospital midwife practice. She expected and planned for a similar birth with her second, but learned that each pregnancy really is different after going much later than she expected and ultimately having a precipitous birth (complete with mad dash to the hospital over frozen streets). Committed to avoid a birth only assisted by her two toddlers, she planned, and had, a home birth for her third.
Kaitlyn Lowery Bio
Kaitlyn is a California transplant living in RIchmond, VA with her husband, Justin, and three busy boys: Jonathan, Drew, and Ben. An attorney in a past life, she now enjoys chasing after her kids, reading “Little Blue Truck” as many times as possible in a single day, and using her Type A personality to plan ridiculously themed playdates and complete her Christmas shopping by September. Connect with her on Instagram: @kaitlyn.m.lowery or Facebook Kaitlyn Lowery (Kaitlyn Edwards).
Resources
Know Your Options Childbirth Course
YouTube: Breastfeeding Videos from Breastfeeding New Zealand
Expecting Better
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care
Spiritual Midwifery
Pelvic Floor Piston Physical Therapy Course
Pregnant (prenatal workout program)
Doula Match
I have had 4 births and my first three are almost all identical to yours kaitlyn. Fast Hospital for a first time mom and then precipitous second at home and very fast third at home (I was just more prepared for how fast this time!)