10/27/2026
Meet Raluca! She and her husband Joseph delivered their 3 babies with us and we're excited to share their story. We adore this family and are honored to have been a part of their journey.
MY IRISH TRIPLETS
#1
I came to NLBC when I was 5 months pregnant. At my touring visit I
brought 3 pages of questions and Karen sat down with my husband and I
and answered each of them. Immediately we knew that was the place we
were going to have our first baby, our first son.
My labor started as prodromal labor and lasted about 25hrs. Then on my
birthday at 4:30am my water broke and my labor started. I arrived at the
bith center at 8 in the morning and even though effaced 80% and not
dilated yet, I got pampered by Karen and Laura at first, by being in the
shower, in the pool, on the bed, on the toilet, while having warm hands
on my back, providing caring pressure at all times in my hurt. At 2pm,
Kayla cane and offered the same attentive care, by pouring water on my
back in the pool, holding my hand, and being there for me.
At 8:30pm i got in the pool, and the pushing part began, which lasted
3.5hrs. My baby did not come on my birthday, he wanted his own coz he
came at 6 minutes past midnight, making him our first wedding
anniversary present💙
After this experience, we left around noon to go home and as i was
walking out the door i told Karen "i cant wait to do this again!" And
little did I know i was going to do that again only 1 year and 8 days
later...
#2
My baby girl pregnancy was the smoothest of all, no nausea or anything.
We chose to find out the s*x at birth, and yet i dreamt i was going to
give birth to a girl 4 times, last one being on july 31st. My water
broke at 6pm on the dot on july 30th. I had been tired from lack of
sleep and having had a whole day full of activities but nonetheless i
was excited to meet my baby.
We arrived at the birth center around 8:30pm and my husband and I
enjoyed a meal in the dim lights of the bedroom.
After quite a few hours, a nap, 3 or 4 spinning babies techniques i was
ready to go in the pool and have my baby.
My girl decided to come with her hand on her face, making her labor hurt
so much i wanted to get out of the pool and call it a day😂 what i was
not prepared for was the long placenta labor i was going to have to
face, 1:30hr of active labor, that wore me down so much. But at 8am i
was in bed and ready to snuggle my baby🩷 her brother was so excited to
see her and meet her and they are now best friends and the best big
siblings to their little brother🙏🏻🥰
#3
1 year, 2 months and 4 days later here i was again: in the pool, about
to meet my third baby🩵
My water broke at 2:13am this time, but my contractions did not pick up
until 5pm... we came in at 11am, Karen gave me 1/4 of a pill to help
things move along, then my husband and I went to walmart to walk around
and eat with our kids. While being there, i realised we only had 1
suitcase with us and not 2! So my husband dropped me off at 2pm at the
birth center and drove home with the kids to pick up the other suitcase
i had prepared. Karen then gave me a 2nd 1/4 part of the pill, and off
to a one hour nap i went... after the nap, i got monitored again and i
had 3 small contractions in 10 minutes so now the waiting time began...
at 5pm the contractions started to pick up, and for two hours i talked
to Kayla while having those beginning of the labor contractions. Since
5pm i had been on the ball, bouncing, doing lounges on the stairs, been
massaged by Karen and Alana, walked around, stayed in bed like a flying
cowgirl, did a couple of spinning babies techniques and at the grand
time of 8:30pm i got in the pool. My husband and the kids arrived about
15 minutes after that. At 10:22pm i looked at the clock and i felt my
baby was close! My deer husband was holding my hand, and as i later
would find out, he was thinking we were hours away from meeting our
beautiful son, but he was only 5 minutes away! Nothing beats hearing
"You did it, honey!" said by my husband third year in a row🩵
This labor has been my favorite!
I can't recomend and stress enough how important it is to have a great
team and your husband by your side in the most vulnerable moments of
your life and NLBC offers exactly that💙🩷🩵
