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Birth Matters – Baby Delaney’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
I gently woke Keelan and told him that contractions had began but were not urgent, and to keep sleeping. I moved onto the couch in the living room and continued to time my contractions, which were now about a minute long, and 10 minutes apart. I slept between them, and had to get onto all fours when they came. I moved back and forth like that until the sky began to glow with blue dawn light. I texted my mom and asked her to come over. She sat with me, on the floor beside the couch, with her to-go mug of coffee in her hand. She quietly rubbed my back as I rested, and encouraging me gently as I ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Eli’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
As a mother, parent educator and behavior specialist, I’m constantly amazed by the lessons our children teach us, if we’re open to learning. The lessons start even before their entrance into this world. My second son, Eli, continuously teaches me: surrender and joy. God knew exactly what I needed when I didn’t even know to ask for it. His birth story, starts ten days prior to his arrival. I had 10 days of prodromal labor, which emotionally wore me out. I’d have contractions for a few hours and then they would stop. I walked for hours (HOURS!) with steady contractions, only to have them stop as ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Coralai’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
Four weeks ago today I brought my daughter Coralai into this uncertain, but beautiful world. This is her story. Coralai is my second child. My first, Leland was born 42+3 in June 2018. He was 10lbs 11oz. Had a 15” head, a 20’’ chest and was 22 inches long. He was huge. But beautiful, and so was his birth. This isn’t his story, but their stories seem to intertwine and affect each other.  My pregnancy with Cora was lovely. I didn’t have large complaints. Other than being huge, really uncomfortable and emotional. Mild nausea, and exhaustion, but nothing unbearable. Due to Leland being so lat ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Isla’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
Dear Chonky little smiley baby,  Hi! It’s me, Mommy. Your birth story is as glorious as the hair on your head. I started my morning off by losing some vision (fun!) Naturally I made your brother lunch and put him down for his nap before both (yes both, bless them) of your Grandmother’s drove me to my eye surgeons office. ‘Mommy has an eye surgeon’ you ask? Yes honey, Mommy is what you call “accident prone” and had major eye surgery in her early twenties. I digress. The good news is my vision was fine, it was probably just an optical migraine (not as cool as it sounds) but after mentioning ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Eli’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
I connected with Bonnie and Coastal Doulas after a very undesirable birth experience with my first son. We were led to believe an induction was our only option, which resulted in a long stressful labor, the baby aspirating his meconium, and an 11 day NICU stay. When we found out we were expecting for the second time, my husband and I knew we wanted to do as much as we physically could to ensure this labor and delivery would be completely different. We changed our health care provider, we hired Bonnie as our doula, and we continued to educate ourselves on what we were unhappy with and wanted to ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Zoe’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
10 months ago if you would have tried to describe the crazy circumstances surrounding the birth of my daughter, I would have thought you were describing an outrageous movie plot.  Covid-19 turned my world upside and threw all my control freak birth plans out.  There are many things that you don’t think of or plan for that happens when you give birth during a pandemic: •My plans to have my sister fly into town from Ohio to be at my birth goes out the window.  •My hopes to have my mom also fly in right after she was born to help me transition from one kid to two were quickly gone ..read more
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Birth Matters – Baby Merrick’s Birth Story
Coastal Doulas of Palm Beach
by Bonnie Kelly
4y ago
I became pregnant with my first baby in 2016. I was unbelievably excited to become a mother but also nervous for all the unknowns that came along with that title. I remember vividly saying to my husband at some point in my second trimester that I was so happy to have our baby, but I was scared that now I had to get him out. I continued on with that pregnancy trying to empower myself with knowledge on breastfeeding, newborn care, and so many other things, just trying to pass the time and ease my anxiety over what I couldn’t predict or control. As I approached week 36 I started having daily inte ..read more
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