share your birth story!

my goal this year is to make Spearmint Baby a lot more personal. i am so thrilled with all of the baby bump and photo of the day submissions. my inbox is bursting )

so, the next feature i want to add to Spearmint Baby is personal birth stories. I know that when i was pregnant with my first i loved to hear different birth experiences. i had no idea what to expect so was glad to hear that although it never usually goes exactly the way you plan in your head, there are lots of ways to give birth to a sweet healthy baby. (because that is all that matters in the end, right?)

if you have given birth or are about to do so, i want to hear all the details. did you have an all natural birth? were you heavily medicated? was there a surprise C-section? did your husband pass out? did you have a water birth? were you vomiting at every contraction and swearing at the nurse and your husband to go get you the epideral? (yes, that was me!) or maybe baby came on the ride to the hospital?? every birth story is so personal and this is your chance to share all those personal details with first time moms that could go into labor any day now. feel free to include photos. even if you gave birth years ago- you may submit. details, details…the more the better.

p.s. i’ll be sharing my birth story (about Harper) tomorrow. i haven’t gotten around to writing Rexford’s. it was so much different than Harper’s birth and i’ll put the details together later this week

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Categories: birth stories

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Comments (8)

6:44 pm February 3, 2011
Lil Mama Stuart

my daughter's first birthday is a week away and I plan to share her birthstory on my blog. Will submit to you once it gets written up!
Mindy
7:15 pm February 3, 2011
spearmint baby

super! looking forward to it, Mindy!
8:19 pm February 3, 2011
Carolyn

My sentiments exactly about the power of each mom's birth story! I wrote mine a few days after L&D and I'm so glad I did:
http://counihansclan.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-birth-story.html
9:25 am February 4, 2011
Holly - Holly Days

I loved reading other Mama's birth stories, too!!

Mine was extremely emotional & scary since I had previously lost a son after birth.

My surviving son, Collin's, birth story is here…pictures, emotions & all. http://hollydays-blog.blogspot.com/p/collins-birth-story.html
11:33 am February 5, 2011
Golly Mama

I had painful contractions for more than 20 hrs with no dilation.

Eventually, had to give birth by emergency C-section cos baby's

But as you said, I forgot about all the pain when I held my lovely Golly!

Working on the full story. will post it on my blog soon.
6:55 pm February 15, 2011
Mrs. Girouard

I love reading other birth stories! Here's my fun-filled story of laboring with baby Elle…

http://thegirouards.blogspot.com/2010/12/birth-story.html
5:03 pm April 21, 2011
The Tiny Team

Can't say mine was perfect or without silliness….but I loved my day!

http://www.tinygreenelephants.com/2011/04/our-birth-story.html

For all the moms who think they KIND of want to go all natural, but aren't quite sure

Love your blog!

-Amy
4:02 pm July 22, 2011
Jenn

This is a wonderful feature! I love sharing my birth story and hearing others, a deep sense of bonding often occurs since the experience is so moving for better or worse. I hope to submit mine soon! Much love–and wonderful site! xoxo