Your labor and delivery is a marathon - are you training?

http://www.ounewsbureau.com/?attachment_id=4275 My friend Liz had a midwife during her first (of three) pregnancy. Her midwife explained to ...

My placenta goes home with me

The placenta of baby #2 I had heard of people eating their placenta after birth. Supposedly it is extremely common around the world and ha...

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...

Which birthing class to choose?

In the movies it seems like a woman goes into labor, runs to the hospital, lays on her back and then has her baby. In reality, most women ha...

Creating a birth plan

image: http://www.freeimages.co.uk What is a birth plan? A birth plan is a list of what you want during labor, delivery and postpartum. It i...

What is a doula?

I had no clue what a doula was. Then two moms both raved about their doula. As soon as my husband heard the other husbands rave about their...

Homemade pregnancy brew

image: www.openphoto.net Adrian van Leen This is a recipe for pregnancy tea that my doula, Karen Kelly (now a midwife!) shared with me.  I o...

Why should I have a midwife if I am not a hippie?

Here is the stereotype: Back in the old days, women used midwives and almost always gave birth at home (true).  Then modern medicine came al...