Birth Stories
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Braiden’s Birth Story
Our plan was always to have three children and we knew we wanted them to be pretty close in age. In April 2015, we found ourselves loving life with Catherine (1) and Madeline (2.5). I was still pumping for Catherine when I got my first postpartum period in February 2015 (C was 10 months) and…
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Catherine’s Birth Story
I wrote about Madeline’s, my first born, birth story in two posts. Catherine’s will be much shorter. Why? Well, in all honesty, I try not to write a whole lot about Catherine because we are in the midst of filing a malpractice lawsuit for permanent injuries that were a result of her birth. This is…
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Madeline’s First Week
Madeline Anne Boudreau was born on November 16, 2012 via. After a 37 hour long induction, I was exhausted. Our hospital stay was pretty standard. I was planning on breastfeeding and in the hospital we really didn’t have any issues. While in the hospital, we had plenty of visitors. My parents and Noah’s mom were…
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Madeline’s Birth Story
This is going to be long….. My husband Noah and I got married in June 2011. As part of our wedding preparation in the Catholic Church, we participated in a workshop about Natural Family Planning. The whole idea behind keeping track of your fertility without hormonal birth control intrigued me so my husband and I…