For many women, pregnancy is a joyful experience that is enjoyed and cherished. However, for just as many women, there are definitely some bumps along the way, making pregnancy much more challenging.

Domesticated Momma had some challenging times towards the end of her second pregnancy.

Doesn’t Nicole look fabulous?!

“My pregnancy with Cameron was a very rocky one. I was faced with a threatened miscarriage. I had many bleeding episodes in my first 16 weeks. At 20 weeks, I was placed on modified bed rest as result of a complete placenta previa. At 32 weeks, I took a tumble down the stairs while holding Cadence. This fall landed me in the hospital for fetal monitoring. It kicked started contractions that lasted through the remainder of my pregnancy. The midwives had me prepared to go into labour at any given time. They thought for sure that he would be early. The little bugger held in there until 40 weeks, 3 days. He was well worth the wait!”

To read more about her pregnancy as well as her home birth, please visit Domesticated Momma. She writes from her heart about her experience being pregnant, the challenges she had and her home birth.