Category Archives: Birth Stories

About a year ago I started collecting birth stories from moms around Juneau, hoping to give expecting moms an idea of the range of experiences women have giving birth. I got stories about natural births, VBACs and medevacs, but I … Continue reading →

Shouldn’t it really be called Garrett’s birth story? He’s the one who was born, not me, hmm… 
Now, there are obviously more perspectives than mine. I was in a whole different world than anyone else. I was not aware of … Continue reading →

A letter written to her precious baby girl…  February 4, 2012 your estimated due date according to Mommy’s last menstrual and date of conception. Doctors inferred you were due February 7, 2012, they were wrong, not saying any due date is accurate … Continue reading →

FYI, there may be some serious “ew!” moments in this. Consider yourself forewarned! Also, it’s long and wordy, but that’s for my sake and memory. Wednesday, the 8th I had a midwife appointment. I was on bi-weekly check-ups at that … Continue reading →

Our Doctor told us around 20 weeks that we could have a trial of labor and try for a VBAC IF we went into labor by our due date.  On Monday, the day before our scheduled c/section we told our … Continue reading →

I got pregnant with my first child at 21 years of age. At the beginning everything seemed normal as it should have been. Then things took for the worse. I wasn’t feeling well at all. I couldn’t walk up my … Continue reading →

We moved to Juneau in April of 2011. I needed proof of pregnancy for the insurance and I stumbled upon the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center while trying to find somewhere that would do it for free. I felt good … Continue reading →

It was another day like any other. I had been contracting for weeks off and on. I had several false starts, hours of contractions that seemed to lead to nowhere. I was becoming more and more tired each passing day. … Continue reading →

Did you have a home birth? A scheduled c-section? Did your birth plan fall apart in dramatic fashion? Juneaumom.com is looking for local moms who want to share their birth story. Tell us how your little one came into the … Continue reading →