Trusting Our Bodies
Chrissy's Story...
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I want to start off by saying that without
endless resources and that comforts me.
My story starts off as my 3rd pregnancy that
was healthy (as were my other 2) where I
felt no need to deliver at the hospital, but
living in PA didn't have a birth center close
enough for us. I decided to hire Jessica as
my doula and decided on planning a
homebirth with a midwife.
My husband and I took Jessica's childbirth
classes and learned so much even though we
already had two children! The classes were
wonderful and prepared us for a new level of
drug free delivery (which I had with my 2nd
at the hospital).
My husband and I wanted our daughters to
be there right after the birth to meet their
brother and have no guidelines for hours
they could be there. We didn't want
restrictions on eating during labor or have to
worry about childcare for however long the
hospital stay would have been.
Jessica came to our home and reviewed our
birth plan with us which included our family
and friends attending the birth or being
upstairs waiting for our son to be born and
watching our older children. Jessica offered a
lot of advice and services to help us in our
birth process. Once I began with the onset of
labor she provided me with support,
nutrients, labor positions to help the baby's
position and comfort measures for me such
as massage and creating a quiet
environment. My husband's touch was one
of my best comfort measures!
Once my midwife arrived Jessica reiterated
my birth plan to her and her assistant so that
I would have exactly what I wanted. She
helped with the preparation and set up of the
birthing tub, continued to help me relax and
stay hydrated. She also helped answer my
husband's questions and family's questions,
as well.
She reassured me that I was doing an
excellent job and helped me with different
positions to bring the baby down faster.
Once the actual birth started, not only was
she there for support, she found time to take
pictures and video clips to make everything
special beyond words. After we gave birth to
our son, Jessica stayed to help clean up and
answer any questions I had. She stayed and
observed my midwife to be with me for
support as the midwife stitched up my tiny
tear. Jessica then made sure I ate a good
meal and then assisted me with
breastfeeding. She was one of the best
things (besides my husband) to have
happened during my pregnancy and I will
continue to highly recommend her to any and
everyone I know that is pregnant or plans on
becoming pregnant in the future! I will surely
use her during my next pregnancy to ensure
my family and I have our birth wishes
followed.
Chrissy & Jake, Parents to Brody and his
two big sisters
Natural waterbirth at home
endless resources and that comforts me.
My story starts off as my 3rd pregnancy that
was healthy (as were my other 2) where I
felt no need to deliver at the hospital, but
living in PA didn't have a birth center close
enough for us. I decided to hire Jessica as
my doula and decided on planning a
homebirth with a midwife.
My husband and I took Jessica's childbirth
classes and learned so much even though we
already had two children! The classes were
wonderful and prepared us for a new level of
drug free delivery (which I had with my 2nd
at the hospital).
My husband and I wanted our daughters to
be there right after the birth to meet their
brother and have no guidelines for hours
they could be there. We didn't want
restrictions on eating during labor or have to
worry about childcare for however long the
hospital stay would have been.
Jessica came to our home and reviewed our
birth plan with us which included our family
and friends attending the birth or being
upstairs waiting for our son to be born and
watching our older children. Jessica offered a
lot of advice and services to help us in our
birth process. Once I began with the onset of
labor she provided me with support,
nutrients, labor positions to help the baby's
position and comfort measures for me such
as massage and creating a quiet
environment. My husband's touch was one
of my best comfort measures!
Once my midwife arrived Jessica reiterated
my birth plan to her and her assistant so that
I would have exactly what I wanted. She
helped with the preparation and set up of the
birthing tub, continued to help me relax and
stay hydrated. She also helped answer my
husband's questions and family's questions,
as well.
She reassured me that I was doing an
excellent job and helped me with different
positions to bring the baby down faster.
Once the actual birth started, not only was
she there for support, she found time to take
pictures and video clips to make everything
special beyond words. After we gave birth to
our son, Jessica stayed to help clean up and
answer any questions I had. She stayed and
observed my midwife to be with me for
support as the midwife stitched up my tiny
tear. Jessica then made sure I ate a good
meal and then assisted me with
breastfeeding. She was one of the best
things (besides my husband) to have
happened during my pregnancy and I will
continue to highly recommend her to any and
everyone I know that is pregnant or plans on
becoming pregnant in the future! I will surely
use her during my next pregnancy to ensure
my family and I have our birth wishes
followed.
Chrissy & Jake, Parents to Brody and his
two big sisters
Natural waterbirth at home
| Using various positions to cope with the pain of labor as it moves into Chrissy's lower back. |
| Jessica has Chrissy move into a quiet environment and get in bed on her side because her labor is progressing quite quickly until we can set up the birth tub and until the midwife and birth assistant arrives. |
| Jake supports Chrissy both emotionally and physically as she labors in the birth tub quickly approaching 2nd stage labor. |
| Chrissy moves to a squatting position during contractions to move baby down and braces her. |
| Jake and Chrissy embrace as she stands over her birth tub during a contraction. |
| Baby Brody is born en caul (with his bag of waters still intact) under water and was lifted up and the bag was broken by the embraced and greeted him for the first time. |
| Jake holds his newborn son for the first time while Chrissy moves from the birth tub to the bed. |
| Chrissy sitting up in bed with her two girls Autumn and Cayman a few minutes after the birth. |
| Brody being weighed - 7lbs, 6oz |
| Brody lifting his head and moving around. |
| to his new world before she leaves. |