Megan discovered she was pregnant in November of 2020 and was instantly occupied with pursuing a house beginning, impressed by her sister’s three stunning house births and a want to be taught to belief her physique on this new manner. All through being pregnant Megan obtained care by way of her insurance coverage offered OB alongside what she would name essentially the most great homebirth midwifery apply, Meadowsweet Midwifery. Megan was so spoiled along with her midwives, who at nearly each appointment would converse to what they referred to as the ‘symphony of heartbeats’ as they’d level out the child, Megan’s, and the wire all sounding by way of the doppler.
The day earlier than her due date, Megan started experiencing labor waves selecting up and had her doula come over to labor along with her. Round 5:00pm her water broke fairly dramatically and the waves began coming in a short time! The midwives arrived later within the night, and Megan was nonetheless sitting at round 2cm dilated at 10:30pm. Megan labored in mattress along with her peanut ball and husband till 1:30 when she was determined to get into the labor tub — after being checked and measuring in at 8cm after simply three hours, the pool was an enormous reduction.

Getting within the pool, Megan started getting pushy in a short time and after simply 28 minutes of pushing, delivered her stunning child boy Orson Zachary into the world on his due date, after simply seven hours of labor! Postpartum restoration was greater than Megan was anticipating, however with an awesome help system, it was primarily optimistic. Orson is now 5 months outdated and essentially the most magical particular person Megan is aware of.
Megan Stanton Bio
Megan lives along with her husband, 5 month outdated son, canine, cat and chickens in Denver, Colorado, the place she practices as an toddler and early childhood psychological well being therapist and her husband pastors at an area church. Megan additionally likes to rock climb and teaches pottery lessons at an area rec middle, although all of these issues are a bit in flux as she orients to life as a Mom!
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