I was 42 weeks 1 day pregnant with my second daughter on the morning of August 30th, 2012, when I began to have gentle surges. My husband went to work and my 2-year-old daughter and I went to a play date. My friends enjoyed watching me close my eyes, use my Hypnobabies tools and breathe through more surges; every 15…
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Fast and Calm UC {Unassisted Childbirth} Water Birth
The morning of Monday, January 23rd (when I was 40 weeks, 5 days), I sent my mom and sister a text that read, “Who wants to distract me today?” to which my sister promptly responded and said that she and her girls would come over to play. I was relieved to have visitors, a bit of distraction was going to…
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A True Look at Homebirth by Video
This BWF Dad emailed me with this birth video. I really like it because it shows how homebirth really is. It’s not a bunch of edited pictures (those are nice too), but an uncut video of birth. The midwives are setting up, Hypnobirthing affirmations are playing in the background, everyone is interacting, talk about the placenta is heard, mama is…
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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…
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A Military Homecoming
You may have seen Ashley and her family on the BWF Blog before. Her birth story and pictures are amazing! They are a beautiful family. What you may not have known is Ashley’s husband and father of her children is a US Navy SEAL. I know we have a lot of amazing military families that follow BWF and we love you…
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Home Birth Story Told By a Photo Montage
Brittanie writes, “Here is a link to the video we made for our home birth last month. It is a little long, but I wanted to include each picture that our birth photographer, Amanda Brayton, took. They all mean so much to us. Our son Finley weighed 10lbs, 5oz and was 20 inches long. My midwife was just amazing throughout my pregnancy, and…
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Cesarean Birth Video
I have seen many cesarean birth photos, but never a video like this one. It is from Birth Without Fear mother, Christina. She received and has given much support throughout her pregnancy, labor, birth and post partum. They were able to catch the c-section on video and it’s nothing short of amazing. If blood and surgery make you squeamish, you…
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Video: Planned Homebirth Transfer to Gentle Cesarean
This is a birth video of still pictures and video footage. They start labor at home and transfer to the hospital. The cesarean birth pictures are amazing along with the footage of mom and baby having skin to skin time RIGHT after the surgery. I recommend that even if you are planning a home birth, be informed about he possibility…
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Happy Birthday to a BWF Baby…His Beautiful Birth Video
This is simply gorgeous. I feel absolutely humbled that this mama felt I had any part in supporting her through her pregnancy. Her and her husband are amazing and the support he gave her during this Father’s Day birth is beautiful. Grab your tissue and enjoy. Every woman should have the opportunity to experience birth like this. ~January “One year…