At 12:30 in the morning on January 23rd, I woke up to what felt like a period cramp. (Have I lost all the guys reading this yet?) I remember I sat up in bed to check my phone to see what time it was and then waited to see if I felt anything else. Sure enough, about 25 minutes later, I felt the same weird tightening. I slid out of bed and looked over…
Quick note from me, Jules: Remember that time I said I like reading birth stories? And remember that time I also said I have a tendency to stalk people until they write theirs for me? Haha. Well, I wasn’t lying. My second cousin (if that’s even a thing) Diane was a freaking PEACH and wrote the story of how her miracle baby Tristan entered this earth. There honestly aren’t…
Quick note from me, Jules: One of my favorite things to do is to read birth stories. Especially when I was just weeks away from giving birth myself. I poured over story after story, soaking in every detail. I find them exhilarating, emotional, and stressful, but most of all, magical. The miracle of life, amiright?! Anyway, one of my best friends was kind enough to share the story of her second baby’s birth…