Posted in Kaia's Birth Story on July 26, 2005 | No Comments »
Kaia Marin Steele Arrived on Her Due Date - July 5, 2005!
Our little dark haired bundle of joy greeted the world with bright eyes and weighed 6 lbs, 15 oz. She was 19 inches long.
Her birth was an incredible journey of love, patience, strength, courage, anticipation, hard work and lots of fun.
Labor began in [...]
Posted in Kaia's Birth Story on July 25, 2005 | No Comments »
Although our darling daughter is now with us (yahoo!), I felt I needed to take some time to share some recollections since my last journal entry on June 20, 2005.
As the end of June drew near, I finally began to feel “ready”. I never really understood what this meant when people asked “Are you ready?” [...]
Posted in Kaia's Birth Story on July 25, 2005 | No Comments »
ANTICIPATION - PART TWO
Our next prenatal appointment was on July 3rd, 2005 and consisted of the entire birth team, my Mom, and our friends Theresa and Ember. We watched a touching and informative video about natural childbirth and homebirth and felt as ease that my Mom and birth supporters were part of this day. After [...]
Posted in Kaia's Birth Story on July 25, 2005 | No Comments »
Mary arrived around 4:30 pm (I think?) and confirmed that indeed the fluid was amniotic fluid. She then began to time my contractions and shortly thereafter called Marinah – I was in active labor and it felt great. It was at this time that “birth time” started to set in for me, meaning much of [...]
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