Category Archives: Midwives

Midwife and Home Birth

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Kimberly Payne

I always assumed that I would have a standard hospital birth.   With a doctor.   With an epidural. Then we got pregnant.  And it was like this switch flipped and all the sudden I was exploring the option of … Continue reading →

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Week 31

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Kimberly Payne

Last week I was feeling like maybe I wasn’t ready for this whole being a mom thing, that in 10 short weeks baby girl was going to be here and I was not prepared.  After a WONDERFUL conversation with Sean … Continue reading →

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Both Good and Okay News

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Kimberly Payne

We had a midwives appointment today and as you can see from the title of this post we got some good and okay news.  So the okay news is that my iron levels are a bit lower than they have … Continue reading →

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Gestational Diabetes

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Kimberly Payne

Glucose screening for gestational diabetes is not required by our midwifes and only strongly encouraged by them if you have certain risk factors.  Despite not having these risk factors we decided to go ahead with the glucose screening test because as … Continue reading →

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Due Date?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Kimberly Payne

When we met with our midwife on Tuesday there was a bit of a discussion on my due date.  First she though I was a week behind where I actually am.  After a bit of confusion it was all figured … Continue reading →

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