That moment when baby is finally earthside, when mom thinks, “Finally!” is one of those moments in life that is highly anticipated, never forgotten and forever special. When a picture is captured of this moment, it is always amazing to see. It is not only beautiful and raw, but as if we are seeing something (almost) that we shouldn’t be.…
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The Beauty of Pregnant Women
I recently wrote a the Unique Shape of a Mother for Plus Size Mommy Memoirs. I often receive emails from women saying they don’t feel pretty or they feel too big or someone made a rude comment to them and they are down. Here are some BWF women. They are nothing, but absolutely stunning. They are creating life within their…
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Pictures: Footling Breech Baby Born Into Dad’s Hands
*It is not advised to freebirth a breech baby at home. If you choose to have an unassisted birth, be prepared and have back up plans. Unassisted birth is not for everyone.* I have 5 kids, but these are pictures of Cricket, my 4th natural birth, my 2nd UC. Enjoy!~Laura *These pictures and this couple’s birth are beautiful and I…
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Planned Hospital Birth Happens In the Van In the Driveway
I’ve been meaning to write my daughter’s birth story to share but it never happened. I’m a photographer and am lucky to have some amazing photographer friends who captured my pregnancy, birth and newborn. My first baby girl was born at 41 weeks in the hospital with no intervention except an IV with fluids. The next time around I was…
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Triplet Home Birth…Photo of 2nd Baby Born in Water Footling Breech
“A photo of my double footling baby B from my triplet home birth in 2006.” “Here’s the one of the three of them (one of the midwives was holding them). Max is the one on the right with the little purple foot. His one foot was fairly bruised from funky positioning for a few days.” -Kathryn
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A Very Fast Twin Home Birth with Transfer for Mom
Edited to Add: I have read through this birth story many times and discussed it a bit with the mom and others at the birth. They all backed up my original thoughts. Mom’s body and her babies were working together perfectly. It was time to birth! Her labor was going fast, because that is what they needed. Breaking the waters…
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Deep Rooted Fear of Birth Leads to a Traumatic Cesarean Birth, Doctor Cut Baby’s Head
THE BIRTH OF NICOLAAS MERTIENS CARSTENS So after 15 months of telling people about my traumatic birth of my son Nicolaas Mertiens Carstens and lots of people saying, “No man you’re just making it worse” and being asked about my birth, I decided to put it in writing. Maybe if I write it down the healing from it will finally…
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On a Time Frame with Birth Center, Started Labor with a Breast Pump
I have 2 daughters one is about to turn 5 in a couple of weeks and the other is 2. I was a young mom being only 20 when I delivered my first. I wanted to go natural with her, I just didn’t educate myself enough. So I ended up having an epidural and a severe episiotomy (hole to hole)…
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The Big Bad Epidural
The Natural Birth Community is quick to say, “Don’t do it! You can do it without it! An Epidural is dangerous! It is evil and causes problems!” Mostly, this is true. You CAN do it naturally and Epidurals do come with risks to mom and baby. There are studies, personal experiences and more that show Epidurals are a drug, has…