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...

Positions for labor and giving birth

Your birthing class , should have given you great information but I have a few little notes to add: If you think of a woman about to give bi...

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...

Anemia during pregnancy

I just got a call from my midwife with my blood results and it showed that my iron was low. I am anemic. This also happened to me during th...