This is the story of one’s exciting entrance into the world. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would one day have such a fast and furious labor, especially after the perfect labor and birth of Joby a little over one year ago (yeah, I know. We certainly didn’t waste any time, did we?). Oliver William was born…
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Improving Birth National Rally…Wow!
So, when I first heard of Improvingbirth.org, I had no idea who they were or what they stood for. I received a few emails about this rally they were doing. I went to look at their Facebook page and saw they had about 900 ‘likes’. I thought, “How in the world are they putting on a national rally with that…
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First a Hospital Breech Birth and then an Unplanned Unassisted Birth Story
Hospital Breech Birth My first pregnancy left me somewhat jaded and mistrusting of doctors and hospitals. My baby was breech. He had been breech since the 12 week ultrasound and had stayed that way since. I tried inversions, hot and cold packs, music on my lower abdomen and even handstands to get baby to flip. At 38 weeks he was…
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Birth: Nailed It
I recently wrote this post about BWF/myself supporting all women in their birthing choices. It’s an awesome post. Go read it (after this). I have received a few emails recently and I want to share a little of them with you. These emails are dear to me and show the diversity of the BWF women. They show that while I…
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Normalizing Twin Births; Twins Born Naturally in the Hospital
*A few parts of Jess’ birth footage were used in part 3 of More Business of Being Born, so if you’ve seen that, you’ll see her! Nothing about my pregnancy went according to plan. After nearly 13 years of marriage and completion of my clinical social work graduate program, we decided it was finally time for us to start thinking…
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Pictures: Footling Breech Baby Born Into Dad’s Hands
*It is not advised to freebirth a breech baby at home. If you choose to have an unassisted birth, be prepared and have back up plans. Unassisted birth is not for everyone.* I have 5 kids, but these are pictures of Cricket, my 4th natural birth, my 2nd UC. Enjoy!~Laura *These pictures and this couple’s birth are beautiful and I…
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In the News: Footling Breech Twin Boys…Born ‘A Year Apart’!
I have seen and both heard about this story. I finally read it and realized why. Not only were these twin boys born on different days of different years, but they were born completely natural and BOTH boys were born feet first. Two footling breech babies. Nowadays that is rare as many care providers are not skilled in catching breech…
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A Journey of 4 Births: A Preemie, A Hospital Birth, A Breech Cesarean and a Water Home Birth (HBAC)
What an honor to be mentioned and part of a birth story. ~Mrs. BWF I guess to better understand my choices for this birth it’s good to know my other birth experiences. My first was born at 30 weeks. I was 18 at the time and I was out of town. I was sent to a teaching hospital and I…
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Overcoming Fear to Experience Raw Power: A Breech Home Birth Story
This is the story of how I overcame doubt, fear, and negativity within myself so that I could experience the pure, raw power, intimacy, and spirituality of bringing life into this world. At 36 weeks I found out our baby was breech and my plans for a homebirth were nearly destroyed. With the help of my amazing fiance, my incredible…