Planned Homebirth after Two Unmedicated Hospital Births and Multiple Early Miscarriages
Kelly’s first pregnancy in 2017 sadly ended in a missed miscarriage at 8 weeks. Her second pregnancy almost 8 months later was also missed by miscarriage, ending with a blighted ovum at 7 weeks in early 2018. After a round of genetic testing that came back completely normal, her OB determined that the back to back miscarriages were a fluke, and 6 weeks later she became pregnant with their first daughter. At 26 weeks pregnant, Kelly was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, but through diet and exercise was able to stay low-risk and have the drug-free hospital delivery she expected after a membrane sweep at 39. that week.
Her second baby was also born at 39 weeks, 2 and a half years later in the same hospital at the height of covid restrictions and just 56 minutes after arriving in her hospital room. For her third pregnancy, she decided to transition to a home birth hybrid model of care where she saw her home birth midwife team and a hospital based midwife practice during her pregnancy. Aside from an ER visit to treat chronic urinary retention at 15 weeks, she enjoyed a textbook pregnancy. And after weeks of prodromal labor and even one whole false alarm, she welcomed their third daughter to earth via a dreamy water birth at almost 41 weeks pregnant, exactly 2 years and 1 week after giving birth to their second baby.
Kelly Martin Bio
Kelly and her husband Chad live outside Atlanta, GA with their 3 daughters Charlotte (almost 5), Claire (2 and a half), and Mabel (almost 7 months old). Kelly is a full time mom to their 3 daughters and also works remotely as the director of business operations for a boutique marketing agency in Atlanta. He also professionally plans Disney vacations for nearly 100 families each year. In her spare time, she enjoys baking cookies, singing, yoga and pilates, reading, and girls’ nights out. He and his wife are huge Atlanta Braves fans and love to go out for tacos. You can find him on instagram @martinmagicmaker and you can also message him on facebook.
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