birth story

I’m currently the dad of an 18 month old boy. He is the culmination of all the things I have done in my life. He is my best friend and the reason I wake up in the morning. Tomorrow, my fiancé is being induced with our second(*surprise) baby and I’m really struggling. We’ve nested and readied...

Birth Story tl;dr version: ** Lucas Alexander was born at 7:25 a.m. on March 31st. I caved at 4 cm after 13 hours of back labor and got the epidural. Best decision I ever made, though I really beat myself up about it at the time. Tips are below, **but here's the pictures, because...well, let's...

Well, induction on Monday just went out the window. Baby J (name TBD) arrived at 7:02 pm EST, weighing in at 6 lbs, 14 oz. She is happy and healthy and has a beautiful head of brown hair, just like her big sister. My water broke at 4:45 PM, and I literally just made it to the hospital in time...

Ok, so a bit of background for our newer members: I'm 30, mother to a six year old girl, and suffered one early miscarriage before James entered the picture. I really had a huge scare at 8 weeks with loss of symptoms and gushes of red blood. They couldn't find a reason, things went back to...