After shedding so many tears, I have been stewing over whether or not to open up my heart and share my honest and reflective thoughts about Ben’s birth. One night, after reading some powerful stories about women who successfully had a VBAC or HBAC (vaginal/home birth after cesarean) I nursed my baby, and then crawled into bed weeping in my…
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‘Bubble’ Caul Baby
I want to share my birth pictures of my caul baby. These were taken by one of my midwives. The pictures show the progression of my daughter coming out with a bubble of amniotic sac coming out before her head. My midwife broke the sac once her head had emerged and we pulled her up to my chest together! After…
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A Natural Hospital HypnoBirth in Western Australia
I was 40+4, ready and waiting for my baby to be born. I had lost my mucus plug at 40+2 and kept it in the fridge in a container because I was so excited. It had been a very hot week with temperatures in the high 30’s and low 40’s and I was feeling it! I had not had a…
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Natural Hospital Birth {Born at 35w5d}
On December 13th I was 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Despite being uncomfortably large and tired, I was restless. I decided to get that pile of baby clothes and linens washed, stock up on groceries, and clean the house. Feeling rather accomplished at 6:00pm I settled into my usual evening routine, an hour of yoga and meditation, cooked and…
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River Violet’s Birth Story: HBA2C
For the past nine months Raul and I have been preparing for a HBA2C (home birth after 2 c-sections). We read all the books (Ina May was my favourite), watched all the documentaries and took a Bradley class to educate ourselves on the process. We were well versed in the “mechanics” of labour, but there was a mental/emotional component that…
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Ianto’s life story {born still, but still born}
Thank you to Tenielle and Scott for allowing us to share Ianto’s life story and the precious memories you have of him. TRIGGER WARNING: This is a story of loss and stillbirth, with pictures. In February 2010, my world collapsed around me as I found out my baby, nicknamed “Smudge”, had died inside me at 32 weeks gestation. This is…
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Amazing Breech VBAC {Fast hospital birth with pictures}
My first 2 babies were quick & easy induced vaginal births. My 3rd baby was delivered by caesarean section (in Jan 2011), as she was breech. A c/s was something I never wanted, yet the Drs insisted (via scaremongering crap) I have one due to her breech position. I was happy to go ahead with a vaginal breech birth (VBB),…
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An In-Hospital Natural Twin Birth, Both Breech, Son Born in the Caul
Nikki S. shares the beautiful story of birthing her twins at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. “Shortly after the birth of my second child, a few years before Madeline and Felix were conceived, I dreamed that I fell asleep pregnant and in a bathtub. In my dream I awoke to a gently rumping breech baby and I reached down…
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‘More Faith, Less Fear’: An Unassisted HBAC
Lisa M. shares the story of her daughter Freya’s free birth. “This is a story of a beautiful birth – the birth of my gorgeous daughter Freya. Her birth had been planned for a long time… Pretty much since the day her older brother and I left the hospital after his very traumatic VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) birth, two…