This is Mallie, a woman who truly birthed without fear. She moved up from Florida to North Carolina in order to give birth the way she thought best, safely in a friends’ home, naturally with plenty of love and support surrounding her. Both of Mallie’s twins were born breech after a very quick labor. The birth was attended by a…
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Surrogacy for Two Dads {Rare Purple Line Picture!}
Senorita’s birth story by me (surrogate mother and birth doula): It all started Saturday night, November 24th. We hadn’t seen the daddies for a couple days, so I invited them to our house for pizza and homemade doughnuts. After our meal was over, we started talking about how the birth was going to go. They asked me if I had…
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Identical Twin Hospital Birth Story {VBAC}
The story of my twin VBAC begins with the cesarean birth of my first son. A cesarean, that I believe could have been avoided had I been better educated. I assumed I would see an OB, go into labor, head to the hospital, and have the natural birth I wanted. Instead, I found myself subjected to multiple interventions that resulted…
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Three Cesarean Births {Military Family}
I have wanted to write my experiences about child birth for some time now. My oldest is 4, then I have a 2 year old, and my precious 5 month old. All boys. All perfect. My first pregnancy was amazing. I was on cloud 9 the moment we found out about Jackson. My husband and I had been trying to…
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Quick Labor and Accidental Freebirth
I had my daughter in a hospital. It was a horrible experience and I never want to have another baby in a hospital again unless I HAVE to. Before we even conceived our next baby, we interviewed midwives and picked one out. We were planning a home birth. I had a normal pregnancy. No issues at all. Except, from 37…
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The Calm Birth of Lucah {Australian Hospital Birth Story}
I will start with a little about us. My partner and I had been together about three years, and I have always wanted to have kids and my partner as well. In my mind there was going to be no discussion about who was giving birth to any and all of our children as my partner, whilst she did want children, she…
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VBA2C becomes an Amazing Family Centered Cesarean
Hi ladies of BWF, Thank you so much for all the wonderful work you do and the inspiration and courage you bring to all the pregnant mommas out there. I am a birth doula and a birth photographer in New Jersey and I have been meaning to email you a few times. But recently I have attended an extraordinary birth…
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The Birth of Ruby {Planned Natural Birth, Unwanted C-Section}
My name is Lindsay. I live in NH with my husband and our 2 year old daughter. This is my birth story. Ruby Grace D. was due on November 21, 2010. We chose to see a certified nurse midwife (Katrina) at Women’s Heath Associates. The practice also has two doctors on staff there. We decided that we wanted to have…
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A Powerful HBAC
I cannot begin Bella’s birth story without first mentioning the birth of her big brother, Adam. You see the plan was for Bella to be born via home birth after cesarean section (HBAC). Adam was born in August of 2010 via c-section after a 3 day long induction due to high blood pressure at 39 weeks. The labor was said…