Greetings community, friends and caring souls far and wide, thank you for visiting my Gofundme page! Last weekend, on the day I reached 25 weeks of pregnancy I tripped stepping onto my front deck and severely fractured my tibia, fibula, and ankle. This resulted in an urgent rush to the ER to begin dealing with my injury and checking that the baby had managed the fall alright. I found myself in surgery by the next morning where they had to place rods, screws and pins to repair the degree of the fractures. I needed multiple days in the hospital to achieve pain management while continuing to monitor the baby's well being through my surgery/meds/ trauma. I will continue to need several weeks of in-home physical therapy, followed by several more weeks of out of home PT, not to mention follow ups with the trauma surgeon etc. All of this has come at us at the same time we’ve been working to pay out of pocket for our wonderful midwives care to allow us to welcome our 3rd baby with the homebirth our hearts desire as we complete our family. If all that wasn’t enough, yesterday my partner Adam felt something wrong and realized that one of his teeth had cracked in half and will also need immediate attention from a dentist. This also equals my partner needing to take time off to help care for me and our two other young children.

 

It was very difficult for me to decide to reach out for help, both physically and monetarily at this time, but I have never found myself in such need for support and community like this before. Not only have we been suddenly steamrolled by medical expenses, but due to the timing of events by the time I’m physically rehabbed enough to continue in my birth support work (I work as a doula for those who do not know me personally), I will be needing to go on maternity leave myself, making it a long haul before I can contribute to my families financial needs again.

 

I’m about to enter my third trimester of pregnancy, and need to focus on my own healing and rehabilitation as well as trying to continue to support a healthy pregnancy. I am finding the stress of creating such a financial burden on my family to be overwhelming and wearing heavy over these final weeks of pregnancy I want so badly to try to enjoy.

 

If you are able to contribute in any way to help with my mounting medical bills, being able to pay my midwife before the baby comes, and my partner's dental emergency we would be grateful beyond words. If a financial contribution is not something feasible for you, sending your well wishes, healing energy, and sharing my Gofundme page is also deeply and truly appreciated!

~Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty. If your cup is full, may it be again~ Grateful Dead~