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My births were really important to me​

Even as a young 20-year old mom, I took this job super serious.  I did all the research.  Practiced the yoga.  Took the classes.  Read the books.  But that birth did not go as planned, and it took years to heal.
 

My second birth was so healing...

Eight years later, I got the birth experience I had dreamed about the first time.  I learned even more, prepared harder, and took control over my birth experience.  It was exhilarating. 

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I wish I had known this was a thing...

Photos would have helped me process the trauma of my first birth.  But my team was busy with keeping everyone safe in the moment, so no one took photos.

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Photos would have shown the badassery I was during my second birth.  I felt sooooo accomplished, empowered and amazing.  But the photos her dad took got lost in his cell phone.  I have nothing.

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Your birth matters to me 

Now I document birth stories because I know how important these memories are...and how even more valuable they are as the years go by. 

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Hindsight is 20/20.  Don't make the same mistake I did.

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