This is Rebekah’s story. She is one of our dear co-leaders of ICAN of Huntsville. Although she ended up on a path that she did not want or expect, both a cesarean section and a NICU stay for her baby… She is healing and reaching out to help other women either avoid or navigate some…
The Birth of Zoe First time mother-to-be, at the age of 24, I arrived at the hospital (Southeast Alabama Medical Center) for a scheduled induction. I was 39 weeks and 2 days and had agreed on the induction after going over a week with contractions 5 to 7 mins apart and being sick for 3…
I started writing the story of the birth of my son soon after his birth. The past year has been an emotional ride of physical and mental recovery along with adapting to motherhood. In anticipation of our little guy’s first birthday, I’ve finally pushed myself to finish documenting our experience and decided it’s time to…
Thank you so much Christie for sharing your story. WARNING: TRIGGERS I have told this story so many times that I find myself not realizing that I didnt start at the beginning. I know that everyone has things they deal with and cope in different ways, and let me say that for me it has…