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Valor's Birth Story- Madison Home Birth- Retained Placenta
Valor Shae Berlanga-Hodges Born 3/15/18 *Trigger warning- retained placenta* I was 40 weeks and 10 days pregnant on March 14, 2018. I am not sure if you are aware, but that is most certainly NOT 9 months. That is one of the many lies you hear about pregnancy. Anyway, since we had reached the 40 week mark I was insisting this baby come Earth side soon, so I got the go ahead from my midwife to take a castor oil shake. I did, and it was delicious. Ingrid (my midwife) told me to
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