Baby Blase

3:06pm HE arrived! Dylan Oliver Chowanec - “Doc” - made it. We are very, very happy for the Chowanec family, which gained a member today.
Listening: Elvis Perkins

No, not ours - not even close. But, the Chowanecs are in hospital and the sequel will be joining us here on dry land any minute. John is semi-live-blogging so we can follow along.
Listening: Black Kids

With induction looming on the horizon I invested in a downloadable book on acupressure to induce naturally. This was Thursday. Being the skeptics we are Marc and I skimmed it but, didn’t even really try anything until Friday. The book suggested doing each of the 6 or so pressure points for a few minutes each, [...]

I’ve finally added some day 1 photos:

& then started the 0-1 month photo gallery:

Birth story and a few other stories to come.
Listening/Watching: Once

Still nothing. As of our Tuesday doc appointment there was no progress: 1 cm / 25% affaced. That’s 10% of the way there. I had, until Tuesday, doubted my mom’s tales of the month-overdueness for both me and my sister. I should have listened to her, and planned for this two weeks of waiting from [...]

Listening: Built To Spill

BARACK
OBAMA
MADE YOUR LABOR
COME NATURALLY
& EASILY
Listening: Elvis Perkins

We are incredibly lucky to have made really great friends here in Austin, while only technically living here for 20 months. And it seems that they all know us pretty damn well - we have six people offering to bring us food to the hospital. Yes, of course, everybody knows that hospital food is total [...]

After speaking with my cousin, a doctor in Manhattan, who with both of her daughters planned a hospital-birth free from drugs, but, was convinced coerced scared into taking pitocin, epidural, etc., gave us this interesting advice:
You have two options.
1. Do a natural, home birth with a midwife.
-or-
2. Have a hospital birth and throw out any [...]

I don’t want to get too into this, as I’m still doing research, however, 20 years ago Roberto Caldreyo-Barcia, MD, former president of the International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists made the statement that “Pitocin is the most abused drug in the world today.” He claimed its use was medically necessary in only about 3% [...]