2025 Welcome Baby Jane 7lbs 8oz

Once I hit 41 weeks pregnant, my husband and I were trying everything to bring on labor. The Sunday before labor really began, my best friend and I walked up and down my steep driveway several times. I was having contractions, but they were irregular and didn’t feel productive. Once she left to go home around 7pm, my husband and I decided to nap. We slept for a good 5 hours, woke up and decided to try some good old fashioned love making. Well, that certainly did the trick! Once that was finished, I went to the bathroom and lost my mucus plug. I shouted from the bathroom and told my husband he needed to call his mom to come get our older kids. I was having regular contractions after that, and they were getting closer together.

As soon as my primary midwife and Lorie got here, my contractions slowed and spaced. Lorie could tell that in order to get things picking up again, I needed quiet and to be left alone. She advocated for me without me having to ask in so many ways throughout my entire labor, and I could never be more grateful.

The calm presence and peace that Lorie brought to my home during my birth was incredible and I’d use her for care again in a heartbeat. - Kara