The Birth of Baby #3

Not a Pre-Planned Birth During this blogging experiment, I have been planning and awaiting the arrival of Baby #3. She was due 8/24/12. Like...

G.W.'s Birth Story: OB vs. Midwife

I am excited that G.W. has shared her two birth stories with us.  Her first birth was with an inattentive OB and her second was with a carin...

J.B.'s Birth Stories: A laughing gas VBAC & A C-section in Africa

J.B. is an American ex-patriot living in Kenya. She is the only person that I know who came into this world via home birth (one of five kids...

H.H.'s Birth Story: The natural high

H.H. in her birth story below shares how hard it was for her during the rough transition phase of birth not to choose the opiate that the me...

J.S.'s Birth story: An illegal home birth

Below J.S. has shared her birth story with us. I applaud her for realizing that there was too much medical intervention that caused her to h...

My birth stories: The easy birth & The other

When I was pregnant for the first time, a new mom was talking to me and shared the story of her beautiful and happy birth. I had always thou...