The home birth of Aricah Joan
May 28th my due date came and went. I had been haveing pesky prodromal labor all weekend and was starting to get a little frustrated. I continued to work that week with no signs of babe ever coming. My last work day was Thursday and hubby said this is a perfect weekend to have a baby. I'm off Friday-Monday. I said, "I doubt it babe." Well we both were surprised when Friday June 7th at 9am rolled around and I started screaming Aric to come upstairs. Standing at the foot of bed waters gushing. "Did your water just break?" He asked. "Noooo not at all!" I snapped back. I got all excited baby is coming today!! Girls are squealing running through the house. I called my midwife, doulas, birth photographer and select family to let them know something would happen soonish. I cleaned myself up and went downstairs. I made 4 scramble eggs and chugged water. No contractions (ctx) yet but I knew they would start soon. Noon rolled around stil...