Surprise! Sam and I are a few months away from welcoming Baby #7. We are very excited to add another BOY to our family and keep our streak going. For those of you counting, Olivia is our oldest and this Baby will make 6 Boys in a row for our family. 🙂 In the coming months I want to sprinkle in some Pregnancy and Home Birth content that I believe will help fill in some of the gaps concerning those areas that I may not have addressed yet. So, let’s begin by discussing Why I Have Chosen a Home Birth with Each Baby, and will I do so again with this Baby even though it is considered a geriatric pregnancy.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Olivia
When I became pregnant with Olivia, we were living in Memphis, Tennessee at the time. After educating myself on the options available in the area I learned that there was a very high cesarian and infant mortality rate compared to other states. Due to those facts, I knew this was not a route I wanted to go for my first birth, so I decided to research other options. This lead me down the path of home births which Sam was not in favor of in the beginning. You can learn more about his thoughts on Hospital Births vs. Home Births from a Father’s Perspective. I scheduled a consultation with a Midwife, had a wonderful visit, and never looked back.
Even though I did my research, read books, and any other information my Midwife suggested looking back I still had NO idea what to expect during labor, transition, delivery, or postpartum. Regardless of my ignorance concerning birth I still had a wonderful experience. For Olivia’s full birth story read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #1.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Wyatt
In-between Olivia and Wyatt we sadly suffered a miscarriage. For this our Midwife directed us to a Doctor in the Memphis area that she actually had a partnership with for anatomy scans and in case of any emergencies that should come up. He was so kind to reassure us that should we get pregnant again there would be no reason why we couldn’t pursue another home birth. By the time we were expecting Wyatt we were living in a different part of Tennessee. Our Midwife who we had previously used was willing to make the hour commute. We were very thankful for that.
My pregnancy with Wyatt was so easy. The morning, I went into labor I was more aware of what would happen since this was my second go. What I did NOT expect was labor and delivery to progress so quickly. For Wyatt’s full birth story read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #2.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Luc
Ooooh Luc, he was a surprise pregnancy and came just shy of 13 months after Wyatt was born. Since things had gone so smoothly with Wyatt, I chose to have another home birth. Although I was NOT looking forward to the delivery part. During this pregnancy Sam had received a job promotion, so we moved back to the Memphis area and thus was able to use our wonderful Midwife yet again. My last trimester with Luc took place during the beginning of the Pandemic. LOTS of ice cream was consumed during that time due to stress and uncertainties!
Labor with Luc was a breeze however delivery was NOT! This was by far my WORST home birth and to learn why read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #3.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Asher
Asher was another surprise pregnancy and honestly one that I was not grateful for in the beginning. Praise the Lord, He confronted me on this, so I quickly turned my ungratefulness into thankfulness for another blessing. This pregnancy began toward the end of 2020. Sam and I decided it best to move our family out to the country and closer to family. Since my delivery with Luc was so rough Sam and I initially decided to do a hospital birth. After researching our area and calling around it became clear that another home birth would be in the picture for numerous reasons. Thankfully even though we were a bit of a commute our Midwife was willing to take us as customers again.
Labor with Asher was irregular and long however his delivery was one of the easiest I have experienced. To learn how it went read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #4.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Anderson
Anderson came almost two years after Asher. It was a no brainer that we would do another home birth since delivery with Asher went so well. By this point we were back in the Memphis area. Sam was helping a friend run a small local Boot Store so needless to say our Midwife was close by. Toward the end of my pregnancy, I started experiencing some weird third trimester morning sickness. After talking with our Midwife and keeping a food diary, we realized it was either a gallbladder issue that would need to be looked into postpartum. Or as it turned out Anderson just did not care for fried foods. I have since been able to add the occasional fried food back into my diet with no troubles.
Labor and delivery with Anderson went very smooth. To learn how things unfolded read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #5.
My Pregnancy + Home Birth with Micah
My pregnancy with Micah was very easy, but man was I tired a lot! We moved from Louisiana to Georgia during the middle of this pregnancy. Sam was working for a larger Boot Company, and they wanted him to clean up a store that was in disarray. We gladly took the transfer as it put us closer to my side of family. With this move I had to educate myself on the birth options available all over again as we were in a new state. We found a wonderful Midwife that went on to give us an amazing delivery and postpartum experience!
Micah was by far my EASIEST Home Birth. To learn more about it read my Successful Home Birth with Baby #6.
My Birth Plan with Baby #7
Since things with Micah went so wonderfully, we knew we wanted to continue our home birth streak. Currently at 20 weeks pregnant everything is going well and Lord willing we will have another home birth. However just like all my other pregnancies should anything go wrong, or we be advised to deliver in a hospital we will gladly do so knowing that is the Lord’s plan for this baby.
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