No Longer Sola

I knew from the time we got pregnant that I wanted to start elimination communication with this baby right from the beginning. We did it with Evangeline, but not consistently until she was 15 months old. I’m so glad we potty trained her this way, but I wish I had started earlier! So this time around, we started at 3 days old. I had my dear hubby go pick up some cheap prefold diapers from the store, and we used those instead of disposables. We haven’t gotten our nifty pref

If you haven’t yet… read Part I first! ****** The thought that I might actually be ready to push still had not crossed my mind. I didn’t know why my body was telling me to push, but I figured it couldn’t possibly be because I was actually ready to push. I had only been in labor for about 35 minutes at this point. Regardless, the urge to push just became more and more pronounced. My body started pushing on its own. Three or four contractions after the phone call I knew I

Stephen Patrick July 19th 2012 – 4:08pm 8lbs 8oz – 19 in. We hadn’t had rain in months. It was one of the driest summers the area had seen, but that night we had a marvelous thunder storm, complete with plenty of rain. In the back of my mind was the thought that many labors begin during a storm; I think it has something to do with the change in air pressure that can trigger labor. And sure enough I had plenty of contractions through the night. I was awake much of the night