Austin’s Birth

  Birth Report Parent’s Name: Chad & Rachel Staudacher Baby’s Name & Birthday: Hadley Elise 10/12/2014 This Baby was our 3rd baby, and our 3rd home birth. Address: 1926 Summerset Dr, Muskegon MI 49442 Why did you choose to have your baby at home? Home birth was an obvious choice for our family. It meshed…

Soon after I found out I was pregnant, a friend told me she had a dream I was pregnant with a boy a few weeks prior to me finding out I was pregnant. During the pregnancy I had two other friends tell me I was having a boy and he would be prophetically gifted. (I…

I had a few false starts in the days and weeks before actual labor began.  Jan 30: 4am contractions wake me up and are 8-15 minutes apart Continue until 8am, then get further apart and more sporadic for a few hours Start to get closer together when our toddler goes to my sister in laws…

Cole Andrew Blastic 3/11/07 at home When I became pregnant with our third child, I actually considered just going to our local hospital for a c-section because of the awful experience I had with the recovery after my second birth, a VBAC. But then I remembered that the recovery after the C-section wasn’t very enjoyable…

The Birth Story of Our Baby Girl It all began in the quiet hours of early morning. I was lying in bed, listening to Matt get ready for work, when I felt something shift. I told him, “This baby is coming,” which isn’t something I’d normally say, but I just knew. Matt kissed me goodbye…

Birth Story I started having cramping and lots of tightening about one month before Niah was born and wondered if she’d actually come early. I was dilated to 3 cm and 70% effaced at the time of my due date. By the end of the week, on Friday, one week after my due date, we…