The Birth of Genevieve
Genevieve Margaret’s Exciting Entrance, the short version... I had a couple weeks of prodromal labor that was very tough mentally, plus long, irregular contractions that were painful and crampy. We had no idea when la ...
The Birth of Claire
Claire arrived two weeks early, but it was perfect timing. Any earlier and we would have been in the middle of moving. Any later and my mom and grandma would have missed out on the birth. My mom and grandma were in to ...
The Birth of Axle
I think my biggest fear about giving birth was what kind of birther I would be. Would I be loud, scream, yell, cry, or sing? I wasn't afraid of the pain, and I have to give props to my Birth Boot Camp natural birth c ...
The Birth of Kaylee
At 39 weeks and two days, on Tuesday, March 28, I thought I would get the ball rolling on this labor thing by doing things naturally and about every wives’ tale possible. I drank pregnancy tea, ate an entire box of jal ...
The Birth of Lincoln Anthony
When my husband Michael and I found out we were pregnant we were very excited! We knew we wanted to have a home birth for sure this time around and we knew Terry would be our midwife. Having had a 32 hour long and very t ...
A (Non-standard) Birth Story:
Ok, let’s start this birth story off right, as written by none other than the daddy and father of the newborn. Get ready for an epic tale of international travel, cutthroat adversaries, and the midwife heroes who come in ...