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Our new baby, Phoenix Arthur, has arrived! I share his birth story in today’s episode!
Phoenix’s birth announcement poem:
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home
-Wordsworth
Topics I Cover in This Podcast:
- The dream that let me know Phoenix was coming
- Feeling – and doubting – his very strong presence!
- Is it a sign? More messages about a coming baby
- Drama at 37 weeks (and why I feel things happened then)
- Handling going 6 days past my due date (hint: my house had to be Martha Stewart clean!)
- My thoughts and feelings at the end of pregnancy… and why I felt a little crazy 😉
- How labor began with Phoenix
- What got Scott to literally jump out of bed and run to fill the birth tub!
- Early labor clues
- My favorite position for early birthing time
- How I roared Phoenix out – and instinctively changed positions to finish pushing
- Bringing up my own baby and discovering who he was
- Why I feel like still I have so much learn from Phoenix’s birth
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Things Mentioned on This Week’s Podcast
- Pregnancy and Baby updates on my Youtube channel!
- MamaBaby Birthing – my online birthing class series
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering – Sarah Buckley’s excellent book, highly recommended for all pregnant mamas. I mention her second baby’s birth story (included in the book) in this podcast episode
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Kristen, This is an amazing podcast!
I’m in my midteens and motherhood is a ways off but there is a gender and name that is stuck in my name. (It’s not a name I even really like.) and hearing about your dreams brings me comfort. Also, you talking about your faith so openly is very encouraging as a christian. Thanks, GOD BLESS!