Unshaken, 2001 Monroe Avenue Northeast (2026)

18/10/2023

Part 3 of 4

We move downstairs to set up the pool and between contractions I’m frantically giving my husband instructions, “My birth affirmations! Don’t forget the tarp under the pool! The blessed candle! Text our neighbor and the prayer text for their prayers!”

My husband quickly gets pool blown up while also trying to follow all my requests, and provide support as each. It really was beautiful chaos and I can laugh looking back on it now but in the moment, I was super freaked out by all the rushing.

Midwife arrives at 7:40 as I’m working through a contraction.

I ask her, “What in the world is going on? This can’t be happening this fast.”

She says “Everything’s ok, we’re having a baby soon!”

**I thought how does she know?! I was so used to having multiple cervical checks in the hospital and I received none during my home birth. It is amazing how intuned midwives are with the mother, her movement, her voice, her body.

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16/10/2023

Made it home and made the first call to the midwife at 6. Even though I kept telling my husband, “She’s gonna think I’m crazy that I’m calling an hour after my labor started.”

I told her, “This is so weird labor just started and I’m already having intense contractions super close”…trying to stay calm and collected still in total denial this was even the real deal.

She said, “Stop timing them for a bit and see how things pan out. Sometimes when your toddler goes to bed things calm down-but if it gets a lot more intense give me a call!”

So I decide to get in the tub at home. My husband sits with me as we listen to the luminous mysteries on the made for this app.(one of the only birth tools I had time to utilize!)

Contractions still intense, and my husband picked up on this because as soon as I got out of the tub he said, “I think I better set up the pool.” I said, “Are you sure?! I feel like this is crazy. Why is it already so intense?”

I was panicking. Saying, “Lord if this isn’t moving quickly, I don’t think I can do this. How is this so painful already?”

My husband, seeing my panic, blessed me with holy oil, asked the Holy Spirit to come and be with me and said, “It’s ok, try to focus on each contraction at a time. Lord give Sammy peace about the way this is going”
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10/07/2023

39+2 today 🤗

👶🏻With my first born today was the day I had her! I got a membrane sweep at my morning apt. And was in labor by 7pm

This pregnancy I keep asking myself, do I trust this baby to come when they are ready?

Truth is, I don’t. I feel like the closer I get to 40 weeks for some reason my mind is telling me, “this is taking too long”

What’s crazy is I know in my heart that babies come when they’re ready. In Gods perfect timing. It’s society that tells us pregnancy has an expiration. a timeline. And everyone’s is the same.

🙏🏼It’s such a delicate balance of trying to prepare and be “ready” for the work it takes to bring precious life in to this world and the surrender, the letting go of any expectations on when that will happen.

06/07/2023

Matching 4th of July dresses with my baby girl 🇺🇸❤️

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