Mom's Little Garden is a website one mother started to share birth stories, and mothering resources.

I wasn't going to do any website reviews for our product review until I saw this website on a business card that came with another product review.

I had to go take a look.

What I found was a mother writing her experiences and her first born's birth experience.

The writing touched my heart and truly made me feel like I was there in the birthing room experiencing the birth.

Judi's story of Cassie's birth I can totally relate to!  I had the same exact thing happen with my second son, but Judi can take you there!

Here is a small excert from her story:

Birth of the First Child

She lies writhing on the bed, under the scutiny of apathetic doctors. The seemingly dispassionate nurses finish the preparations. Bright lights, a hard bed, the many eyes watching are nothing but background noise for the oblivious woman crying in pain.

Everyone turns their focus to this woman. The nurses grab her legs and push them to her shoulders. The doctors gather around, pulling lights close to shine brightly on her opening yOni. The nurses give orders to "hold your breath and 1-2-3 push. Push, PUSH...Deep breath, quick, 1-2-3, PUSH-PUSHPUSH". The father stands next to her, mimicking the nurses commands. Minutes of this continue, yet it seems like hours. She cries as if the center of her being is actually being sucked out of her. Little does she realize, it is. The doctor has cut her and attached a vacuum to her baby's head and is actually suctioning her baby from her womb.

The baby cries. The nurses wrap the baby, give mom a quick look and rush the baby off to the nursery for the required 4 hour observation stay.

The mother, bare, exhausted and empty wimpers a cry for her baby, "I want my baby."

No one listens.

Baby Cassandra was not so gently brought into this world. October 4th, 1990.

Regardless of the brutal birth, it was a happy time. Not to mention I was happy to have that birth experience behind me. Never have I experienced physical pain, even 4 births later, as I did my first labor and birth. I'd like to say it was unimaginable. However, I am certian there are moms who do know that feeling.

The pregnancy was easy, uneventful. The doctors and nurses I encountered during my prenatal exams were not the nicest. But we flew through easily enough. By 40 weeks of pregnancy, I was ready for birth. Being my first baby, I was beyond excited. How many more times could I wash the baby clothes, unfold and refold, hold them and imagine a tiny creation, my creation, fitting into these so small items? I walked, I whined. And I jumped the gun on October 3rd. I was not in labor, but allowed a friend to tell me the Braxton Hicks contractions I was having were the real thing and to hurry to the hospital. Who was I to argue? I was ready.

The nightmarish 32 hours began.

To read more of this story and Judi's other birth stories go to http://www.momslittlegarden.com you won't regret reading her stories!

Be sure to check out her resources page: http://www.momslittlegarden.com/resources/ and submit your own birth stories.

Judi is an inspiration to me I will be writing my own birth stories for all 3 of my boys and will be submitting them soon!