Rebecca

Mom to Michael Christian Church

June 25th, 2009 

12:28 p.m. - 1:09 p.m.

Lake Whitney, Texas

Michael Christian's story began long before he was ever born. His daddy, Michael Chad, and I married in February 2005 after knowing each other for about 6 years. After almost 4 years of marriage we found out we were going to have a baby. We actually conceived on my birthday, November 8, 2008. Michael was the best birthday present I've ever received. Chad and I were both so excited! When we found out we were having a baby, we both knew we wanted to have everything as natural as possible and that included doing a water birth. I did my research and found an AMAZING birthing center in Cleburne, TX called Edenway Birthing Center. Our midwives, Venessa Giron and Melody Morrow, were more than we could have ever asked for. They gave Michael and I the best care possible. (Thank you, ladies. I will love you forever for what you have done for my family!) Chad LOVED me being pregnant. I would catch him staring at me all the time. He was always telling people how beautiful his wife was carrying his child even if I felt like a cow! I gained a total of 45 pounds while pregnant. (we found out later that most of it was excess fluids)

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Brittney

Mom to Logan Wayne 
Born September 17th, 2002

Fort Worth, Texas

When our first child, Landry, was only 11 months old, we found out that we were unexpectedly pregnant again. Not having made that plan myself (control issues) I was very upset by this news. And since I was on birth control, we thought to ourselves, “Well, God has another plan for us--clearly.” Once we found out that it was another boy, and my boys would be only 18 months apart I was ecstatic. However, the entire pregnancy I had this feeling that something wasn’t right. It seemed that nobody listened to me and my doctor patted me on the head assuring me that it was just “mommy jitters.”

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