As a mother of six children and three losses, I have personally experienced a diversity of births as my own children came into this world. My first was born exactly on his due date, but he had to stay in the hospital for a couple weeks. During that time, I had a desire to breastfeed him, but I had no support to sustain it. My breastfeeding journey with him lasted only a few months. My second and third children were born in the hospital, with medication, and vaginally. Breastfeeding was successful with both of those girls; we made it past the first year.

My fourth child was born by C-Section (Belly Birth).  I struggled with feeding him, and supplemented with infant formula. His birth happened in the middle of a horrible divorce. I had a tubal ligation after his birth, and raised my children as a single parent for the next four years. Later, I met my husband, and I underwent surgery for a tubal reversal. A year later, we had an ectopic pregnancy and I lost my right Fallopian tube. We were given the final diagnosis of ‘Secondary Infertility’ after another miscarriage. Our seventh (yes seventh) doctor finally found my issue. After an MRI of the pelvis, it was discovered that I had a Uterine Scar Separation (Uterine Dehiscence). Once that was surgically fixed, we finally got pregnant!