Precious Arrows
Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond....
About Us...
My name is Kelley O'Briant, wife of Steve Freedman and mother of 5 beautiful, though very challenging, children in Raleigh, NC. I have been a doula for about 8 years and a childbirth eduactor for just as long. In the last 3 years, I have been studying midwifery with the Ancient Arts Midwifery Institute. I hope to one day earn the credential of Certified Professional Midwife and provide homebirthing service to the women of North Carolina.
All my babies have not been homebirths. As a matter of fact, none have! However, I did try with the last. Here's to succeeding with the next! My first, Travis, was born by cesarean in your basic, everything-that-goes-ping-included type of birth. After that I realized that there was something better, there had to be! My daughter Dora Kay was born 14 months later by natural VBAC into the hands of a CNM in the hospital. She was a shoulder dystocia and suffered mild brachial plexus palsy which healed nicely in about 6 weeks. My third came a couple of years after that with the same CNM. Gracie was a nuchal cord with compound presentation, but also a successful natural VBAC. Twenty two months later, we flew to China and adopted our then one year old daughter Emma Ruth. No pain involved, but I did get nauseous on the plane... With my fifth, I was finally ready to have a homebirth! I hired a wonderful CPM and prepared my nest for her birth. She was asynclitic and wouldn't turn. Due to horrible pain from a really twisty pelvis being twisted more by her head, I demanded drugs! We transferred to the midwives at UNC. Twelve hours after getting my epidural, Raina finally moved her head and was born...with a broken clavicle. We'll just have to see what's next for us!
When I ordered the birth kit for our last baby, (the NC State fan on the home page) I thought that it was a great business and wished I could do the same thing. Now amazingly enough, a little over one year later, I have been given the great gift of having this business for my own! I look forward to my family serving your family and being a place where midwives can get what they need. If there is ever a product that you would like to see offered, please feel free to email me. Welcome!
Kelley O'Briant and Steve Freedman
Travis, Dora Kay, Gracie, Ruthie, and Raina
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