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Birth Vlog: Skylar Jae Robinson “Made Me Realize How Strong Of A Woman I am”
Date of Birth: September 2, 2017
Mother’s Name: Domonique Robinson
Baby’s Name: Skylar Jae Robinson
New mom to a beautiful baby girl, Domonique Robinson is grateful for her beautiful blessing. Despite that she had severe morning sickness incredibly early in her pregnancy, the fabulous new mom describes her pregnancy journey as absolutely amazing! “In the beginning, I dealt with morning sickness and so many mixed emotions about the new journey I was beginning, but in the end, it was all worth it,” she said, “I am very thankful to have a supportive husband that was there for me every step of the way, along with many family and friends.”
She goes on to say that the birth of her daughter, Sylar has made her appreciate life so much more “it made me realize how strong of a woman I am” she said.
The new mom and her husband are loving every moment of parenthood “My husband and I have been enjoying being first-time parents. This experience has been so much better than we could have ever imagined and we would not trade it for anything.”
Read on to watch the labor and delivery vlog and to see photos from Skylar’s newborn photo shoot.
From all of us here at pregnancybeyond.com, we would like to congratulate both of you on the safe arrival of your baby.
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Why This Mom Opted For A Home Birth The Second Time Round?
After a medicated hospital birth for baby No. 1 took an unexpected turn, Shelby Clowers and her husband decided to give birth to baby No. 2 at home.
Read her emotional and empowering home birth story below!
My First Home Birth Experience
Those who attended the birth of my first born would tell you it was unforgettable in the worst of ways. Two years ago, I was riding passenger on the way to the hospital to be induced. My husband and I discussed during our drive how delighted we were for our lives to change to a family of three to avoid the anxiety we felt. After a short ride we arrived to small talk and routine work: readying IV’s, retrieving a catheter, sterilizing the area, the whole nine. Luckily I was contracting on my own the use of pitocin was unnecessary and went directly to breaking my water. Before leaving my room my doctor quickly questioned me about the need of an epidural. Although my pain was fear driven, I was young and naive, I insisted.
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Seconds after receiving the epidural I was reaping it’s effects. I became so nauseated I couldn’t bare to speak. I was begging for relief as they injected a dose of phenergan into my IV. Little did anyone know I was severely allergic to the medicine. I couldn’t see. I couldn’t talk. I began to black out. I woke up for a split second patting my chest in hopes to convey something was wrong. My nurse was frustrated unaware of the situation she got two inches from my face yelling “USE YOUR WORDS” repeatedly. All I could do was grab her arm with a frail grip before passing out again. My condition was worsening when I awoke for a second time. I remember looking up to my husband holding my hand, telling me it would be okay, as he began to tear. Everyone was being rushed out of the room as a team of doctors scrambled through the door. I didn’t know it but my heart rate was dropping.
Awake for a third and final time, it was over but now it was time to push. I was exhausted and still confused, I thought the oxygen they had me on was their attempt to put me to sleep. In between surges, with what little energy I had left, I was fighting to remove the mask. Two hours of nodding in and out, I remember asking if it was almost over. Anything that could have gone wrong, did. I was ready to be holding our baby boy. A tiny six pounds and twelve ounces, he was finally here. Relieved we’re both okay, I still look back and break a little inside unable to recall the birth of my first child.
My Second Home Birth Experience
Once we became pregnant for the second time we knew, wherever we delivered, we would not opt for any interventions. It wasn’t until the third trimester we started weighing out our options of where we would welcome our newest addition. I knew I didn’t want to be in the same environment I was with my first, scarred from the experience we lived previously. It wasn’t until then we discussed a home birth. No pokes and pricks, being in the comfort of home, I wouldn’t have to find a sitter for our son, it appeared to be a dream. This is what I wanted.
It was a day after my due date when my water broke as I was laying our son down for a nap. I immediately alerted my midwife, Rebekah, who was attending a birth of another mother. I then called out to my husband and informed him we would have a baby soon. We went about the rest of our day normally, trying to do the odds and ends in order to prep our house for birth. I continuously encouraged my husband to get as much rest as possible before going to bed myself.
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Labor Day
I was filled with mixed emotions as I attempted to close my eyes. Although this was my second birth it was very much my first. I didn’t know what to expect as I had no previous experience other than reading what I could online. I woke up early Sunday morning with consistent contractions. I began timing them before I carefully crept out of bed trying not disrupt our son to go wake my husband on the couch. I could tell he had gotten little to no sleep. As I started to explain I needed his help timing my contractions he told me he didn’t go to bed until five that morning.. it was three. Nodding in and out we averaged my contractions two minutes apart while lasting thirty five seconds.
Keeping my midwife updated she decided it was time to head my way. They arrived just as the sun was making an appearance through the trees. She had brought along some back up, Paige a student midwife, as the rest of her team was still with laboring mother before me. As we got acquainted my contractions stayed two minutes apart while lengthening in time. I was checked at five centimeters when Rebekah asked if I felt comfortable with her leaving to attend her previous engagement. I gave her the thumbs up as I tried to get comfortable for the labor ahead.
Positioned for Birth
I was stretched across the couch when Paige encouraged me to get into a more baby friendly position to help descend him further into the birth canal. I put a pillow under each knee and squatted down while leaning over the seat cushions. I could feel my contractions intensifying as I was overcome by intolerable back pain. My husband would try massage me while Paige squeezed my hips, but it was doing more harm than good. I couldn’t be touched. All I wanted to do was lay down.
I crawled back up on the couch surrounding myself with pillows in every direction to give my body some ease. With each wave I would reach out to my husband and pull on his shirt until it passed. I had been laboring in the living room for a short couple of hours, since my midwives arrived, when I decided I wanted to try a new method of comfort and relax in a hot bath. Before stepping into the water, Paige checked me in between six and seven centimeters. She called Rebekah to inform her of my progression. Minutes away from reaching her destination she asked if she needed to turn around. Since my dilation appeared slow Rebekah continued on her drive.
Ready to Push
My son was still asleep in the room next to me when I got into the bath. I immediately turned on the cold water. I was refreshed with the cooling sensation through the marathon my body was running. At this time my contractions were now a minute or more long. The pain I felt in my back had me paralyzed. I could do nothing but scream. I managed to wake our son from the howls I released through each surge. As much as I wanted him there I knew I couldn’t comfort him like he wanted me to, so we quickly called for reinforcements. My husband attended to his side while Paige poured water over my forty week belly and reminded me that I could do this. I wasn’t in the tub for ten minutes when I told her I needed to push. No one was expecting me progress the way I had. She asked me slightly confused “You need to push or feel like you want to push?” I shouted “HES HERE”.
Before getting up to notify Rebekah, she wanted me to promise I wouldn’t push. I knew it was no promise I could keep. Our son’s ride arrived relieving my husband back to his former duty of being by my side. I had one more contraction in the tub when I demanded we make a run for it. I was caught in the hallway by another surge before reaching the couch. Rebekah was too far away. She would never make it back in time. It was just the three of us. With Rebekah absent, my husband and Paige rushed to get everything ready for the arrival of our newest baby boy.
A Big Blessing
I was already pushing as I watched them grab the rest of the necessities. I beared down against Paige who was positioned at my feet. Through all the pain I had felt that morning I was at such peace while pushing. With two more thrusts he was here. I lifted him up to my chest and rubbed my fingers across his face. He had the most perfectly round head and that beautiful burgundy after birth color. My husband cut the cord while I took everything in that I had missed the first time. I finally got the birth I had been longing for. I thanked my body for overcoming my mind and showing me what I was truly capable of.
I questioned myself on if I should write my story when I was reminded, I gave birth at home, after a traumatizing first experience, without any interventions, and that itself is a success. I could and I did and this time I remembered.
Thank you Shelby for sharing your story. Find more of Shelby on her website.
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En Caul Birth: Baby Born In Amniotic Sac On Way To Hospital
Raelin Scurry was 29 weeks pregnant with her second baby when she started having contractions, which she immediately dismissed as Braxon Hicks. After about 45 minutes of strong contractions which were only few minutes apart, Raelin figured out she was experiencing true labor, so she and her partner wisely decided to head to the hospital for evaluation.
Not long into the ride to the hospital, Raelin felt the urge to push! So she dialed 911 “I called 911 because I was so scared. They couldn’t understand me between the screams with contractions.” she wrote on Instagram.
Raelin realized she was about to give birth when she felt her son crowning “I pulled my pants off and reached down, sure enough his head was right there.”
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With just one push, her baby boy was born ‘en caul’, completely encased in his amniotic sac! “I pushed one time and my miracle baby was here. When I looked down I realized he was still completely wrapped in the amniotic sac.”
Raelin delivered her 3lb 1oz baby boy herself while dad continued to drive to the hospital “The dispatcher told us to pull over. But I knew we would make it to the hospital before they would make it to us. So I told Ean to keep driving.”
“At first the baby was still and all I could do was pray he would be okay. And then I rubbed his face with my thumb and he pulled his little hands and feet up to his face as if he understood my prayers and wanted to reassure us he was okay” the new mom said.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the hospital.` “About 7 minutes passed that I held this miracle baby in my hands until we made it to the hospital. A familiar face came running out and grabbed my baby. “
“I know he’s going to be an awesome little man,” Raelin writes. “He is truly a miracle baby. We are so blessed to be his parents.”
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What is En Caul
An en caul birth occurs when a baby is born inside of the entire of his amniotic sac. The amniotic sac is baby’s home during gestation and it is filled with fluid, cushioning the baby from pressure outside the womb. Often, during labor it ruptures and the fluid rushes out, which is where the term ‘breaking water’ comes from.
An en caul birth is extremely rear and only occur in about 1 in every 80,000 births.
Raelin says she and baby are doing well “He is 4lbs now and off the CPAP mask. Doctors still can not believe how amazing he is doing” she told Pregnancybeyond.com
What an amazing story and a big congratulations to the now-family-of-four!
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Hayven and Rosealyn Starks Birth Story:
Babies Name: Hayven and Rosealyn Starks
Date of Birth: May 8th, 2017
Parents: Jonathan & Jade Starks
Here’s the cute babies Hayven and Rosealyn Starks Birth Story.
Jade Starks wanted one baby but got two! Despite the difficulty she had with breathing and being very nervous of delivery, Jade says her labor & delivery was the best experience possible. She welcomed her twins girls via a scheduled c-section and it was a total adrenaline rush; she cried when she heard their first cry and holding her girls for the first time was totally love at first sight. We could not be more happy with our two blessings, she says, they bring us so much joy everyday and we couldn’t imagine doing life any different.
Jade however noted that being a parent of twins isn’t as easy as it looks –– you get no days off from motherhood, but we are thankful for our twin girls and so exited to watch them grow and thrive together.
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Cute baby, Tru Berry Birth Story.
Date of Birth: June 4, 2017, at 12:53 am
Mother’s name: Diamond Berry
Baby’s name: Tru Berry
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Diamond Berry was at a Jazz Festival when her water broke! I didn’t know what was going on at first, she said, I thought I had peed on myself (LOL). I called my husband to the room and we made our way to the hospital which was about 20 miles away.
We finally get to the hospital, after being monitored for about an hour and a half I was told, I was almost 5 cm dilated and I was having so many contractions. They induced me and then it got super real! I started having contractions about 2 minutes apart for like 1 minute long and at this point, all I wanted was an epidural. Right after the epidural, I got checked to see how dilated I was, it was then the nurses noticed that the baby had turned and discovered he was breech. I was rushed into theater for an emergency c-section which was totally terrifying, I just couldn’t stop shaking. After he came out my first words to my husband were “oh my gosh he is so cute!.” He weighed 6lbs 8oz, 20inches long and had the cutest cry ever!
When we got to our room and I had to feed him, he latched on right away and I noticed it was all worth it. Giving birth was honestly the best thing I’ve ever done, it was the most amazing experience of my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Being a first time mom is an unexplainable thing. I never have felt so much love for another human like I do with my son. I literally stare at him all day!
Congratulations mama and thank you for sharing your delivery experience with us! Follow her on Instagram @dimefachon
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North Carolina Couple Welcome Twins After Losing Sons in Crash, July 10, 2017.
Hadley and Gentry Eddings, a pastor at Forest Hill Church in Charlotte who lost their two sons in a tragic accident in May 2015, on the way home from Gentry’s sister’s wedding, have welcomed twin boys. The elated couple named their double blessings – Isaiah Dobbs and Amos Reed, in honor of their older siblings.
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Earlier this year in January, the couple announced the great news that they were expecting twins and used the opportunity to state that they had forgiven the driver who caused the wreck. The couple was in a caravan with family members on their way home from Wilmington to Charlotte during Memorial Day weekend when a truck driver slammed into them, killing their 2-year old son Dobbs and sending Hadley, who was 37 weeks pregnant, into labor. Hadley, ended up having an emergency C-section, but the baby boy — whom they named Reed — died just two days later.
Relying on their faith to get through the difficult time, the couple mentioned that they wanted people to understand the power of forgiveness. “Be willing to forgive others – that’s been an important part of our healing, is just to be able to forgive the driver that caused the accident.”
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In a statement to PEOPLE, Hadley said “The Lord has not left us for one second in our grief of losing our two boys almost two years ago. God is a redeemer and a restorer! God blesses us beyond what we deserve or could ever imagine.
“We are excited that Dobbs and Reed are going to be big brothers to twins! We are so thankful for our family and so many friends who have prayed for us and cheered us on our way. We’re rejoicing, and thank Jesus for these two precious little ones!”
In an Interview, Hadley said she had missed being a mom from day one “but around this summer I thought, we’re getting to that point where it’s ok for me to be pregnant and I want to have more babies. And I don’t want to continue to live this life without being a mom again.”
She says she had to come to terms with exactly what it means to have more kids.
“It’s not betraying my children who are no longer here to have more children and that was the things we had to work through before we decided to try again.”
Gentry Eddings and twins
Courtesy of the Eddings family
Asides supporting with prayers, well-wishers have been able to raise $203,000 through GoFundMe to cover medical and other expenses. “We believe there is a lot of hope in our story and it reminds us God is a restorer,” says Gentry Eddings.
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