Jessica Austin – Birth Takes a Village

There are so many posts in my mind left unwritten. My detailed birth story for one, more on postpartum life and falling in love with my new baby. But life is moving faster than I can write about while soaking up every minute with my sweet new baby, now almost 5 months old! When I first started blogging about my… Read more →

She’s here! For those of you who haven’t heard, Kaedra Margaret Kaur Rooprai joined us January 9th, after a fast and furious and unexpected labour at 35 weeks plus 4 days. Birth story to come, but suffice to say that birth was as wild, powerful, incredible, and strong as I had thought it would be, and it went as perfectly… Read more →

I breathe a sigh of relief today as I sit drain-tube-free, surgery complete, and finally on what feels like a “break” from treatments from now until after birth. Still bandaged up and sore but feeling a version of finished-for-now… the relief I think everyone expected me to feel after my final chemotherapy treatment but I didn’t, knowing I had one… Read more →

Birth story as written by a Birth Takes a Village Client, and Wise Woman Way of Birth Doula herself! I look over the records. That bottom section for Comments – ‘if not normal’. And under it, in Midwife’s script, “Unattended Home Birth.” Diary Entry: Thought I was in labour on Saturday – then again on Monday night.Gotta just go with… Read more →

I had my final round of chemotherapy today and I have to say I am overjoyed to know I will never have to see this red medicine (the doxorubicin part of the doxorubin/cyclophosphamide treatment I was on) being pumped through my veins ever again. This is partially because after 6 rounds, I’ve reached my lifetime cap for using this medication;… Read more →