Home Birth Records

This was a meme that I found on a friend’s blog several years ago, and I thought it would be fun to participate, as women always seem to find these kinds of details fascinating!


Length of labors:

#1 – 3 hours

#2 – 5 hours

#3 – 4 hours

#4 – 3 hours

#5 – 5 hours

{I’m counting “active labor” hours, as my early labor is so mild that I usually don’t even know I’m in labor.  The hours I’m counting are the hours where I knew the birth was imminent.}

How labor began:

#1 – my water broke

#2 – water broke

#3 – I could just tell!

#4 – I just knew. Contractions became those “serious” kind pretty quickly.

#5 – Contractions changed to more uncomfortable ones.

Place of birth:

#1 – home

#2 – home

#3 – home

#4 – home

#5 – home

Birth Attendants: 

#1 – a wonderful Certified Nurse-Midwife 

#2 – a different CNM in another city

#3 – a wonderful CNM in another city

#4 – same CNM as #1 and  #5 and her assistant, who is an RN and also a Doula (a lovely lady!)

#5 – same CNM as #1 and #4 and her assistant who is an RN and Doula

Babies’ Weights and Lengths:

#1 – 7 lbs. 9 oz.     21″ long

#2 – 8 lbs. 10 oz.   21 3/4″ long

#3 – 9 lbs.             22″ long

#4 – 8 lbs. 6 oz.     21 1/4″ long

#5 – 9 lbs. 6 oz.     22 1/4″ long