About Kaity...
I am a wife and a mother of two wonderful children. The birth experiences of these two beautiful blessings in my life have had a tremendous impact on my life and what drove me to want to assist other women and their families in achieving the birth of their dreams.
The birth of my son was a typical hospital medicated birth. My husband and I had been planning to have a natural unmedicated birth which we had been mildly preparing for. Unaware of my body's own ability to labor and birth naturally, I consented to just about every unnatural intervention offered to me and the hospital staff had me convinced that I could not birth my baby without the aide of "routine intervention." I felt that my OB and nursing staff knew what was best for me and my baby and did what I was told. After several hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing I was labeled as "failure to progress" and was also told baby was asynclitic and was taken back to the operating room for the surgical birth (C-section) of my little boy. It was a frightening experience and I felt like a failure and completely defeated. It was like my birth had just been robbed and I was devastated. I felt like not only did my body fail me but also the hospital staff who were suppose to be supporting me. It was a very traumatic experience to say the least but after he was born, I decided I would never go through that again if it were not necessary.
In the weeks following the birth of my son, I spent hours searching the internet for more information. I just knew what I had went through was not right and was not my only option for my next birth. I knew my next baby would be a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.) I spent a lot of time looking up this topic and looking at all the statistics. I knew this would be the right decision for me and any future children. My husband and I weighed the pros and what little cons there were and made the informed decision to attempt a VBAC and had faith that we would be successful.
When I became pregnant with my second child I knew this birth experience would be different but I also knew we had to take the right steps in order to make it work. My husband and I immediately signed up for the Bradley Method® class and spent every Sunday afternoon for the next 12 weeks learning about Husband-Coached Childbirth. Our instructors were amazing and we learned so much from them. It was well worth every hour we spent educating ourselves on this method because when the day came we felt fully prepared to take on whatever would come our way. Sometime during my 5th month of pregnancy we decided to hire a doula. At first my husband was not very thrilled about the idea of having a doula because he thought it might take away the intimacy or get in the way of him coaching me and being my sole support during labor. After about our second meeting with our doula he just knew we had made the right decision in which would benefit both of us. We came to understand she would not be in the way or take over his role but that the two of them would work together to support me in carrying out my plans for birth. Our doula was fabulous! She was always there for us no matter what. Anytime I had a worry or fear or just needed to talk, not only could I talk to my husband but the two of us together could also talk to our doula. She always made us feel and come to know everything was going to be just fine and that we were going to have a beautiful birth experience. When that night came and it was time to go to the hospital she was right there by our side from beginning to end. I was so thankful to have both her and my husband there for me, supporting me all the way and reminding me of how strong I was and how my body could do this and was doing it. I was going to get my VBAC and was so excited to meet our baby girl. Throughout my very long labor we had a few trials but because of the help and support of my husband and doula I was able to push through it all and we did it.....I did it! I delivered my 10lb. 5oz. baby girl vaginally. It was the most wonderful experience I had ever endured and was so worth it.
I had taken my birth back all thanks to my wonderful and supportive husband, our fantastic doula and the rest of our amazing birth team.
"Just as a woman's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth." ~Virginia Di Orio
The birth of my son was a typical hospital medicated birth. My husband and I had been planning to have a natural unmedicated birth which we had been mildly preparing for. Unaware of my body's own ability to labor and birth naturally, I consented to just about every unnatural intervention offered to me and the hospital staff had me convinced that I could not birth my baby without the aide of "routine intervention." I felt that my OB and nursing staff knew what was best for me and my baby and did what I was told. After several hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing I was labeled as "failure to progress" and was also told baby was asynclitic and was taken back to the operating room for the surgical birth (C-section) of my little boy. It was a frightening experience and I felt like a failure and completely defeated. It was like my birth had just been robbed and I was devastated. I felt like not only did my body fail me but also the hospital staff who were suppose to be supporting me. It was a very traumatic experience to say the least but after he was born, I decided I would never go through that again if it were not necessary.
In the weeks following the birth of my son, I spent hours searching the internet for more information. I just knew what I had went through was not right and was not my only option for my next birth. I knew my next baby would be a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean.) I spent a lot of time looking up this topic and looking at all the statistics. I knew this would be the right decision for me and any future children. My husband and I weighed the pros and what little cons there were and made the informed decision to attempt a VBAC and had faith that we would be successful.
When I became pregnant with my second child I knew this birth experience would be different but I also knew we had to take the right steps in order to make it work. My husband and I immediately signed up for the Bradley Method® class and spent every Sunday afternoon for the next 12 weeks learning about Husband-Coached Childbirth. Our instructors were amazing and we learned so much from them. It was well worth every hour we spent educating ourselves on this method because when the day came we felt fully prepared to take on whatever would come our way. Sometime during my 5th month of pregnancy we decided to hire a doula. At first my husband was not very thrilled about the idea of having a doula because he thought it might take away the intimacy or get in the way of him coaching me and being my sole support during labor. After about our second meeting with our doula he just knew we had made the right decision in which would benefit both of us. We came to understand she would not be in the way or take over his role but that the two of them would work together to support me in carrying out my plans for birth. Our doula was fabulous! She was always there for us no matter what. Anytime I had a worry or fear or just needed to talk, not only could I talk to my husband but the two of us together could also talk to our doula. She always made us feel and come to know everything was going to be just fine and that we were going to have a beautiful birth experience. When that night came and it was time to go to the hospital she was right there by our side from beginning to end. I was so thankful to have both her and my husband there for me, supporting me all the way and reminding me of how strong I was and how my body could do this and was doing it. I was going to get my VBAC and was so excited to meet our baby girl. Throughout my very long labor we had a few trials but because of the help and support of my husband and doula I was able to push through it all and we did it.....I did it! I delivered my 10lb. 5oz. baby girl vaginally. It was the most wonderful experience I had ever endured and was so worth it.
I had taken my birth back all thanks to my wonderful and supportive husband, our fantastic doula and the rest of our amazing birth team.
"Just as a woman's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth." ~Virginia Di Orio
