“I wanted to share my picture of my son’s double true knot. My midwife has delivered thousands of babies around the world and said she has never seen a double true knot until my son. He is healthy and happy and 6 months old now.” ~Jen
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Changing Birth Through Generations
Let our mothers, grandmothers and our daughters and sons witness empowering birth. Let their view of birth be forever changed. Let us change birth for past, present and future generations… This moment was captured by Babymoon Birth Photography. Image by Ruthie Davis.
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A Perfect Water Birth After Traumatic Birth and Following Hard Pregnancy
I recently welcomed my beautiful baby girl into the world after a very rocky pregnancy and a very horrible first birth. In 2009 after trying to conceive for a year and having constant visits with my endocrinologist since leaving high school we finally fell pregnant to our first child – a little boy! I was due to have him in…
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Raw Emotion of a Homebirth (Pictures)
“The home birth of my first son. They are amateur photos, but the emotion in our faces is so raw and simply beautuful.” ~Nikki V. I have to say I agree with Nikki. Full of raw emotion and simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
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Against All Odds, A Surprise VBAC!
Aila’s birth story begins on Good Friday, the 22nd of April. I began having contractions 15-20 minutes apart sometime in the morning, timing them quietly on my phone. They were quite mild, but really, about the same intensity as the contractions I had during labour with Liam. However, these were painful in front, unlike with Liam, where I felt most…
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A Story of Two Births…A Failed Induction Follwed by a Healing Hospital Birth
Back story – Wyatt’s Birth My first son, Wyatt, was born December 10, 2010, after a pregnancy I was certain had lasted entirely too long. Early on, my doctor changed my due date from November 15th to the 28th, so when December 8th rolled around 10 days later I waddled as fast into that labor and delivery ward for my…
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A Father’s Gift
When a man is involved in the pregnancy of his wife and baby, when he is present for the birth, when he is a rock for his spouse and when he has faith in the mother…he is giving and receiving love that creates a deep bond. A gift given and received between husband and wife that passes on to the child.…
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A Natural Hospital Birth after a Stressful Pregnancy
My first two pregnancies and births were pretty heavy with medical intervention. Both were inductions, with pitocin. With my first, I was clueless. With my second, I was a bit more informed, but not very well supported. With both, I ended up with epidurals. I would not say they were bad births, or traumatic, or anything of the sort, but…
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Beautiful (Surprise) Breech Home Birth
My husband and I chose to have our first baby at home with an absolutely empowering midwife. I distinctly remember between my intense contractions hearing my husband Kevin, Leslie our midwife, and her intern Melissa, in our kitchen drinking coffee and softly laughing enjoying good conversation. I was in the birth tub letting my body bring our little girl into…