With her first birth Maryanne went in with an attitude of fully trusting the hospital system. She ended up having him during the first day of covid lockdown in Illinois, and having numerous unnecessary interventions that left her broken. She then suffered an early miscarriage between her two births. With her second, she did lots […] The post Healing Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story after Traumatic First Birth During Covid appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

Rayna was pregnant in 2021, and as a medical health professional working in a hospital she had to endure the unrelenting workplace stress of the Delta wave of covid. On top of that, it wasn’t the easiest pregnancy due to severe migraines and iron deficiency anemia both starting in her second trimester. After a few […] The post Homebirth Birth Story with Retained Placenta Complication appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

After a traumatic and eye opening missed miscarriage with their first pregnancy, Sean and Brianna managed to get pregnant again. Brianna quickly found that pregnancy after loss is its own unique journey filled with underlying grief, anxiety, and insecurity. They chose to go the hospital route finding great care at a local OB. Knowing that […] The post Missed Miscarriage + Fast Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Marginal Cord Insertion appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

What it’s like to give birth in an RV Zoe Racca shares her experience with pregnancy and planning a homebirth while traveling around the U.S. in an RV. She bought an RV sized birthing tub, installed a tankless water heater to provide enough warm water, and gave birth to her son in the family RV […] The post Homebirth in an RV appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

Katy’s journey to motherhood was fraught with heartache, marked by four miscarriages before Jack’s birth—a journey colored by fear and trauma. Diagnosed with preeclampsia at 36 weeks in the first pregnancy she’d carried to term, the terror was palpable, affirming her darkest fears about what she believed were her body’s failures. In the week before […] The post Four Miscarriages Followed by Empowered Birth & Hard Postpartum and then a Traumatic Birth with an Empowered Postpartum appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

After a surprise, but wanted, pregnancy, Jessica dove into the birth world in preparation for a home birth with her first baby. Despite her best efforts, her pregnancy was marked with many difficulties including multiple bleeds, polyhydramnios, an irritable uterus and a preterm labor scare at 29 weeks. Jessica ended up having an unplanned hospital […] The post Healing from Birth Trauma: Unplanned Hospital Birth in the UK + NICU Stay appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

Labor began on a Sunday, contractions intensified and after over an hour of consistent contractions, Jeannette and her husband began their journey to hospital. Jeannette labored in triage for 7ish hours before getting formally admitted to labor and delivery. This would be the hardest part of labor for Jeannette as those contractions intensified and she […] The post Empowering Hospital Birth with Epidural + Unknown Marginal Cord Insertion with Placental Delivery Complication appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

Alessandra and Jim were elated to find out they were pregnant after about 3 months after their wedding. She had a fairly normal start to pregnancy but did experience nausea. At around 30 weeks, Alessandra began experiencing itchy hands which led to a cholestasis diagnosis. This diagnosis called for two doctor appointments to check on […] The post Long Induction after Cholestasis Diagnosis, Postpartum Hemorrhage and Pospartum Preeclampsia Two Weeks after Birth appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

First time mom Jenni had an unmedicated hospital birth in Austin, TX in June of 2021 that was 13 hours from start to finish. She had an easy pregnancy, magical hospital birth, and what she describes as a shocking and difficult postpartum. Jenni and her son had latch issues, followed by triple feeding, followed by exclusive pumping for 14 […] The post Easy pregnancy, Magical Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story, then the Shock of Postpartum appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more

Nicole was supported by her healthcare team to have an empowering and redemptive elective maternal assisted cesarean birth with the birth of her second son, Harrison. The decision to pursue this option was following a traumatic first time vaginal birth with several postpartum complications (planned homebirth turned hospital transfer for prolonged rupture of membranes and prodromal […] The post Redemptive Maternal Assisted Cesarean Birth after Profound Incontinence Following Vaginal Birth appeared first on The Birth Hour ..read more