Marek came into the world on a sultry, stormy day in June. I was certain he would be early, but in the stylings of his 2 brothers before him, nope. He would come when he was good and ready. Marek is my 3rd born at Women’s Birth & Wellness. My first son, Corbin, was very late but born on Thanksgiving and delivered by several loving women (it was a busy week) but Allison was my rock through that delivery. Escher was born on All Saints day and also delivered by Allison, who made me feel so special when he had two perfect knots on his umbilical cord. They deserve their own story, but I’ve been processing this one for a while and thought maybe this might help. I have been incredibly fortunate in my ability to deliver 3 healthy boys at WBWC. It has always felt like home no matter how much time has passed. Though I’ve never considered myself to be “crunchy”, birth, in my opinion, is best left to those who have the ability/want/need/love to be a part of the process and what better place.  When I became pregnant with my third, we knew this would be our last. We’d been on the fence for a year and had decided to let the cards fall as they may and set a date that we would stick to. Of course, we found out I was expecting during the last week of said ‘end game’ date. Things happened quickly this time around, with an almost two-year-old, and the other in school, and work…time marched on at a pace I could barely keep up with. Because, this was our last, we decided to let the gender be a surprise and wait until birth. That was the only big difference this time and things progressed as they should. At my check up around 34 weeks, sweet babe was breech. No matter what you know or what people say to reassure your timeline, you’re bummed. I worried I was doing to much or doing something wrong and started making calls to have chiro care to help the babe turn. I was still working as a Bartender in Raleigh at the same sweet bar and restaurant I’ve been with for 17 years, and knew I planned to work to term as I had with my others so I made a solid plan to … Read More