Wonderfully Birthed

Sharing my birth story, finally! (My son is 9 months old). I'm so grateful and happy for his beautiful birth and a healthy baby. I'm highlighting my midwife as I feel truly blessed to have had her and know that the birth could have been very different without her.

I had my son with Midwife 360 - owned by Fadwah Halaby. She's an Amazing midwife - she's one of the only midwife's in the area that I know who is an RN and does home and hospital births (she's based in Boca areas and has hospital privileges). I planned for a home birth and labored for over 24 hours at home. She knew I really wanted natural and did everything to support me while ensuring baby and I stayed safe. After about 28 hours she guided my husband and me into making the decision to go to the hospital (at no time did I ever feel she was forcing us into any decision which was wonderful). We moved to the hospital and she literally took care of checking us in and getting our labs rushed - something's that's not her job. She stayed with us the entire time, helped me to deliver as natural as possible (I needed a tiny amount of pit and eppy at the end because I was stuck at 7 for about 10 hours - I was having back labor). She actually had me pushing on my hands and knees and never told me when to push - even with the epidural as it was a very small amount). We delivered and she took care of the baby herself until a nurse she knew and trusted came into the room as she knew it was very important for me that they were gentle with the little guy. I completely had an amazing experience considering I was in labor for 36 hours (back labor hurts!!) and even though my birth didn't happen exactly as I had envisioned, it happened wonderfully. There were a few instances where another doctor could have called for a c-section but she balanced her medical training with her/my values for a natural birth -and her experience delivering over 1600 babies - and I had a wonderful, healthy baby!

Also wanted to highlight my wonderful birth team.  Zeresh Altork was my doula and supported me through Many false starts! I was almost 2 weeks overdue. She came over in the wee hours of the morning and stayed with us for over 24 hours straight :). And Jennifer Roberts was my midwife assistant (she's also a doula, helped me with belly wrapping after the baby came and I continue to see her for massage therapy). 

I'm truly grateful for all these wonderful ladies and so happy to have had them with us for the birth of our little guy.