Julie Sadler of Sojourners Photography in Roanoake, VA shares these beautiful pictures of her family welcoming their newest member, Jude. Julie writes, “I love the encouragement and support shared on your FB page/blog for women and all of the choices we make in caring for our bodies as well as our babies. For me, photos that evoke the mystery of the unborn…
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The Hole {A Poem about PPD}
Caitlyn shared this poem and picture about her stretch marks with BWF almost a year ago. It was received with love and appreciated by many. She now opens herself and writes this poem about post partum depression {PPD}. Many of you may be able to relate and feel that you are not alone. The Hole There’s a hole…
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Special Moments Captured {Birth of a Rainbow Baby}
“I wanted to share some photographs from the last home birth I did with you and Birth Without Fear. This is the couple’s first live birth, they had a still birth just over a year and a half ago. This mommy went through 24 hours of labor, and then everything stopped for just over a week. Her water then broke…
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Long Labor Ends with Beautiful HBAC
For months and months I had dreamt of this moment. The moment when my daughter would be here and I would be able to say that I did it. I had my home birth after cesarean I imagined what my birth story would contain and couldn’t wait to write it. And now, that the time is finally here. I find…
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Petition to Support a Midwife and Midwifery Care
Daja, a long time BWF follower emailed me that her midwife is being wrongly persecuted and needs our help! Please sign this petition! She writes… She was arrested for “practicing medicine without a license.” But, as you and I both know midwifery isn’t medicine! She’s been safely supporting women in birth for 22 years. This arrest was not the result…
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BWF Birth Affirmation
Be Inspired…
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Patience and Dedication to Birth Baby in an Occiput Posterior {OP} Position
From Spinning Babies, “The OP position (occiput posterior fetal position) is when the back of baby’s head is against the mother’s back. Here are drawings of an Anterior presentation and a posterior presentation.” “This was the first birth for an incredibly strong mama. It was a 30 hour OP labor, and surely would have been a c-section in the hospital,…
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Empowering Hospital Birth with HypnoBabies and Massage
September 28th, 2012. I was a week overdue and I had been in false labor for over a week. Things were getting frustrating and the pressure was on from the doctors to induce once I went past my due date. I knew that Peanut was just fine in there and was not willing to accept that my body would just…
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Newborns and Parents with Tattoos
So, I get this email from a photographer and what does she tell me? That she takes pictures of newborns with their tattooed parents. Rad. So I ask Jamie to send me some of her favorites, because I of course want to see them. I love our moms and dads with ink! Want to see too? Why not?! Here ya go!…