Homebirth #3 – Can-Can

First Baby Sleep

Our third was due two days after Halloween 2008. It was customary to drive out to my sister’s place so the boys could shell-out with their cousins, but we were nervous about being more than an hour from home. So we made a plan: Grandma would pick up the kids and take …

Homebirth #2 – Red

Baby's First Cuddle

When Windy was about 18 months old, we decided we wanted another just like him.  So, one dreary December day, I borrowed Daddy’s toothbrush and we started re-arranging furniture. In the new year, when all was confirmed and the grandparents were informed (I love breaking the “rules”), I started hunting for a new midwife.  I [...]

Homebirth #1 – Windy

First Breast Feeding

It was Friday, April 25th, 2003: DaddyH and I had rented a couple of movies for the weekend, from the local Vietnamese video store.  We were watching Session 9, not the best movie for a new mom to see (check it out, if you must know why).  I remember sitting on the edge of my [...]

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