With both E and R’s births, we went to a freestanding birth center–no pain meds. Our most obvious reason for this decision is that we believe it to be statistically marginally safer (which studies do back up) and it is unquestionably the better choice for parents who want to avoid a C-section at all costs; chances of a section at…
Category: Mothering
learning new definitions
After I wrote yesterday’s post, I remembered a moment I’d had one day when E woke up from her nap–a good year ago, if not more. And I thought at the time that there was no better definition for how I felt (which was tired, worn, and otherwise struggling) than poured out. It fit so perfectly. Parenthood is so often…
Let Me Count the Ways
It’s funny how perceptions and fears can change over the course of a pregnancy. At first, I was very trepidatious about how on earth I could ever love R as much as I love E. E and I have had so many moments–so much time–that R and I won’t ever be able to have, because E was once an only…