tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post4466757952500472763..comments2023-10-20T07:27:30.939-04:00Comments on clueless but hopeful mama: This is not a cautionary taleclueless but hopeful mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-71172241409251460492009-06-03T02:52:50.221-04:002009-06-03T02:52:50.221-04:00WOW! Wonderful, inspiring story. Great work, mam...WOW! Wonderful, inspiring story. Great work, mama!! Congrats and blessings to the whole family, and welcome to the world Eliza!<br /><br />-dm in brooklynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-22482547522644691932009-05-28T13:31:17.459-04:002009-05-28T13:31:17.459-04:00I think it's an awesome story. You are amazing! Yo...I think it's an awesome story. You are amazing! You did such a great thing, and I only hope that I have the strength and will to do that next time like I really want.<br /><br />Eliza is a beautiful baby! Congrats.Mommy Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272248293460562006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-77690780728453209732009-05-28T11:20:25.743-04:002009-05-28T11:20:25.743-04:00You are an inspiration, I'm in awe of your strengt...You are an inspiration, I'm in awe of your strength. She's gorgeous<br /><br />My god she was such a big baby, it makes me want to apologize to my mom since I was a 10 lb baby myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-88051302964911878582009-05-28T08:55:52.613-04:002009-05-28T08:55:52.613-04:00This is a beautiful birth story. It made me teary...This is a beautiful birth story. It made me teary - probably because yesterday I was working on a post that is the closest I'll get to retelling my birth story. It never goes as we'd expect. In the end, making sense of it is really all that seems to matter. Congratulations on your beautiful little girl!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986725933208328225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-42650558810506265372009-05-28T07:59:13.890-04:002009-05-28T07:59:13.890-04:00This is a beautiful, awesome story! Thank you for ...This is a beautiful, awesome story! Thank you for telling it. And LOOK at that lovely, perfect chunk of a baby! She is perfect perfect perfect.<br /><br />YAY!!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05170500094049647497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-86321926670268064542009-05-28T03:24:27.174-04:002009-05-28T03:24:27.174-04:00I'm so proud of you for believing in your natural ...I'm so proud of you for believing in your natural abilities and doing it the way you wanted. And I am so happy for you that you have and had the love and support you needed and deserved during eliza's birth. YIPPEEE!!!!!! YAY for love and birth and possibilities and the unknown and all the wonderment that is the human condition. I love you SOOOOO much and am sending big hugs and kisses to the whole fam.Kirahttp://www.tenaciouslittlemonkey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-63977663348055240102009-05-28T00:17:52.548-04:002009-05-28T00:17:52.548-04:00It IS a triumph. You are a hero. Eliza is beauti...It IS a triumph. You are a hero. Eliza is beautiful :)Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785640836122721190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-65039324734807305882009-05-27T22:47:14.998-04:002009-05-27T22:47:14.998-04:00I don't quite know what to say after all of that, ...I don't quite know what to say after all of that, other than I am in awe. Mothers are amazing.<br /><br />This is one of my favorite birth stories.artemisiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048259618106957687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-76751614658650728812009-05-27T22:43:28.683-04:002009-05-27T22:43:28.683-04:00HOLY CRAP!!!! that is the most incredible story. S...HOLY CRAP!!!! that is the most incredible story. Surely the doctor has a new coordinate in his/her map of birth. <br /><br />THank you for sharing. <br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-83677731193181935452009-05-27T21:59:16.589-04:002009-05-27T21:59:16.589-04:00That was beautiful.
And lady, you have no right l...That was beautiful.<br /><br />And lady, you have no right looking that good after pushing out a baby that big.<br /><br />And I know from big babies, had one my own self.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342425698876916791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-84164693848737906242009-05-27T21:53:44.241-04:002009-05-27T21:53:44.241-04:00isn't the light epidural great? i felt everything,...isn't the light epidural great? i felt everything, and the contractions went from unbearable to bearable. i also totally felt isobel just suddenly 'move down'. i so wish i had a light epidural with phoebe, probably wouldn't have needed to push for so long.<br /><br />great birth story... wonderful!!!miyokonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-20166604899445303972009-05-27T21:51:43.187-04:002009-05-27T21:51:43.187-04:00Still makes me weep and gives me shivers, this sto...Still makes me weep and gives me shivers, this story of yours is a TRIUMPH! You used all the tools at your disposal when and how you wanted them. SO empowered, Jenna! <br /><br />And the midwives around here have a MILLION stories of providers being notoriously unable to tell birth weight before the birth. Just too many variables, I guess.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768948862156279601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-33712677321213989322009-05-27T21:38:58.527-04:002009-05-27T21:38:58.527-04:00It is a beautiful story and I'm so happy you share...It is a beautiful story and I'm so happy you shared it. What a wonderful, happy ending/beginning :) Congratulations.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208693126891771898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-9521270218212598652009-05-27T19:05:08.464-04:002009-05-27T19:05:08.464-04:00I'm so happy for you!!!! I think that your doctor...I'm so happy for you!!!! I think that your doctor absolutely should have known that she was so big, but it's just as well that he didn't, because then he would have tried really hard to force a c-section on you, and might have worn you down mentally to a point where you wouldn't have been able to do it. I think it all worked out perfectly, and you're absolutely right, the only thing that matters is what *you* think and feel. Good for you!Astartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337583910910454897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-69109056686997310302009-05-27T18:55:46.092-04:002009-05-27T18:55:46.092-04:00wow. gave me shivers!
i'm especially amazed by th...wow. gave me shivers!<br /><br />i'm especially amazed by the part about imagining pushing Eliza past your pelvic bones...and then it happened! reminds me of Einstein: "imagination is more important than knowledge" (i'm not sure that's how he meant it, but it makes sense here). :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-77692082892441772172009-05-27T18:52:13.088-04:002009-05-27T18:52:13.088-04:00Eliza is beautiful and you're amazing.Eliza is beautiful and you're amazing.Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383163628351295433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-20383573719172062282009-05-27T18:46:24.680-04:002009-05-27T18:46:24.680-04:00Oh, this made me cry a little, and birth stories u...Oh, this made me cry a little, and birth stories usually don't do that to me, I just get excited. I am so PROUD of you, which sounds maybe dumb and cheesy, but wow. You waited so long to give birth the way you wanted, and you did it! And thank GOODNESS you got the epidural so you could rest a little and regather your energy! Sounds like a great decision to me! I can't believe you somehow willed that giant baby out of you without a vacuum or forceps or anything! You are a tough mama!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141742419364168878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-85438292403415793792009-05-27T18:14:23.449-04:002009-05-27T18:14:23.449-04:00Oh, tears of joy from your very happy, proud mama ...Oh, tears of joy from your very happy, proud mama and beautiful Eliza's gramma.<br />Wow, you really did it. It IS your story and what a story it is.<br />Hip hip hooray!! <br />Loads of love and kisses zinging your way from New Jersey.grammalouienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-15426702627388192892009-05-27T18:01:12.778-04:002009-05-27T18:01:12.778-04:00You rock! That is an amazing story and an amazing ...You rock! That is an amazing story and an amazing triumph. You should be very proud of yourself. And you have the right attitude. It is your story and if you are happy then that is what matters. Isn't it funny how birth stories never turn out like you expect them to? But you still managed to make it work. Congrats!Kathi McCracken Dentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067812256080732391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-32791752452381292009-05-27T17:57:42.169-04:002009-05-27T17:57:42.169-04:00Good for you!Good for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com