🎉🎉NorCal Moms,🎉🎉

We're coming to Sacramento on April 30, 2016! We're hosting a community event at Growing Brilliant at

1622 Sierra Gardens Dr, Roseville, California 95661, from 2 to 5 pm. Meet local moms and their families, and @Jennatess is bringing cake and make a fabulous balloon arch! Yum!

Win giftbaskets and receive your own giftbag of goodies from California Baby, Grubmarket, Tom’s of Maine and Preggie Pops at this free event. Also, we'll have snacks and drinks!

And help start a meet u...

**BIRTH STORY** March 24th 1:45am. (Me & my 10yr old home sleep) got up to use the bathroom & Had my bloody show. So I text my bf who works in L.A (2 hours away/off at 330am) saying keep phone on loud she'll be here within 24 hours. 2:30am felt a slight uncomfortable pressure starting.Text my bf saying pressure is starting I'll probably be calling early am. 3:30am mild contractions starting 12 min apart. Text bf saying head down they've started. 4:10am..7 min apart starting to hurt. Crawl on fl...

My baby was well known in the Labor and delivery section for 3 days! Because I made no progress dialating. They used cervidil that softens your cervix for 12 hours (no progress)

They gave me a oral pill to help start contractions and dialate ( no progress), they inserted a balloon into my cervix to open it up and even gave me a dose of pitocin (this immediately, had me contracting loke crazy! (I ended up being 4cm dialated. After taking the balloon out they just used pitocin at the highest level...

I got the balloon inserted at 6:45pm and it's now 2:40am. I slept for a few hours but am now just laying here awake. I was bummed because the last time I was in labor and had the balloon, I was in so much pain with the contractions, I was up all night.

Balloon is in! Going without pitocin (unless necessary) as well as no epidural. Wish me luck! Will update later.

(I’m wearing shorts)