Birth Stories

Can I Have a Homebirth?

Can I Have a Homebirth?

05/12/2021 10:00 AM Amanda Ignot Birth Stories, Faith & Reflection, Pregnancy

Can I Have a Homebirth? - If you have been thinking about having a homebirth and are wondering if it is something that you can do, I want to encourage you...... You were made to do this one thing without a doubt!!! You can have a homebirth when you believe in yourself, your baby, and your body.

Homebirth after C-Section - It is POSSIBLE!!!

Homebirth after C-Section - It is POSSIBLE!!!

04/28/2021 10:00 AM Amanda Ignot Birth Stories, Pregnancy

Homebirth after C-Section - It is POSSIBLE!!! - So he agreed to having the homebirth I wanted..... I NEVER doubted myself, my body, or my baby in being able to do this thing!!!!!.....GOD gave me a Supernatural Belief in what HE had created my body to do......I missed my OB appt for my 39 week check up.....Back Labor is hard!!!......I wish I knew some of the things that I know now to deal with that.....

Deciding to try again and what that looked like for us.

Deciding to try again and what that looked like for us.

03/31/2021 10:00 AM Amanda Ignot Birth Stories, Pregnancy

Deciding to try again and what that looked like for us - A little over a year after our daughter was born we decided that we wanted to have another baby.........Since we were unable to conceive on our own the first time, we weren’t sure what trying again would look like. We hoped for the best of course but again, would it work or would it be a challenge again?.......there wasn’t a fetal pole and had to get some bloodwork done to determine if I was in the process of miscarrying...........

It’s time to have a baby!!!

It’s time to have a baby!!!

02/24/2021 10:00 AM Amanda Ignot Birth Stories, Pregnancy

In the end I gave in to having the c-section because I wanted my OB out of my life and the way I saw it once our baby was born I would have one more appointment with her and then I was done!!!It was terrifying to go into the hospital for a surgery to meet our baby........

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I didn’t know what I didn’t know!

But I do know now!

Have you ever been at a point in your life where you follow ALL the things, don’t question the ‘experts’, and just go with the direction others are TELLING you are the best way?

That is what I did with my first pregnancy and by the end of that experience I was an angry and bitter woman who had been bullied for months and never given the opportunity to enjoy the journey of becoming a mom..

I gave in to the bullying, I caved and scheduled a c-section that I now know was highly unnecessary…...all because I trusted “the experts”.

I felt robbed. Robbed of being able to enjoy growing and nurturing a baby in my womb. Robbed of meeting my baby while listening to my playlist, seeing her face the moment she was born, THE GOLDEN HOUR, and being able to hold her and move around postpartum. Robbed of the beautiful experience of labor and delivery.

I felt like I had failed at something that should have been natural, beautiful, and a wonderful time in every woman’s life. Women are created to create and nurture new life in their wombs and to birth that new life into this world!!!

Then I realized I didn’t fail, THE MEDICAL SYSTEM failed me!!

My doctor failed me by following the strict and generic protocols that she follows for every patient. On top of that, she never focused on the blessing that was happening in my womb but chose to belittle me over my weight gain throughout my pregnancy. At just 4 months pregnant she started talking about a scheduled c-section based solely on my weight gain, no medical issues at all, and NO evidence-based decision-making. Through all of this, I felt defeated every time I had to go to an appointment and hear the discouragement she pushed on me.

Although I didn’t plan to have more children due to the trauma of our experience, God had other plans. I started to research and learn, for myself, more about the process of conceiving, and how to care for one’s self throughout conception, pregnancy, and postpartum. And learned how to avoid things that would lead to a possible scheduled or even emergency C-section during labor and delivery.

What I found was eye-opening and I vowed to share about what I have learned and be a voice to others because women deserve to be informed and empowered advocates for themselves, and to AVOID experiencing what I went through.

We now have 4 children and my experience with the other 3 pregnancies have been completely different than the first one. I can now say that I have had 3 empowered homebirths (HBAC) where we chose who was with us, how I would labor and deliver, and what tests and procedures I would or wouldn’t be doing.

Can you say HEALING? EMPOWERING! EXHILARATING!

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