Catherine Bell was generous for putting together a helpful guest blog post about how to prepare for siblings for the BWF Blog. Having 5 children in 7 years, I know what a struggle it can be to prepare and adjust! Thank you Catherine for showing women there are things they can do to help with this transition! ~Mrs. BWF When…
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VBAC: Be Informed, Don’t Rely on Luck
This is a guest post by Sara, a BWF mama, who I asked to do a post on VBAC. She shares her story, what led to her VBAC and how it could have easily been different. Oh, and I am hardly famous, just a mom and birth advocate with a blog and Facebook page. I appreciate Sara taking the time…
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VBAC Hospital Water Birth Announcement with Pictures
Lisa, a BWF mama and doula, sent in these pictures she took while supporting her good friend Helen. She says, “These photos of my dear friends water VBAC in April this year. I am a birth doula but when Helen asked me to support on her journey towards her planned VBAC, it was the first time I would be doula…
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Why Women are Leaving their Doctors and Birthing at Home
This a guest post from a fellow BWF woman and mother. Rachelle Hansen is a mom of five, who had her most recent baby at home! After 4 hospital cesarean births, she knew there had to be a better way and dedicated herself to learning as much about birth as possible. Her successful home birth after 4 c-sections was a…
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VBAC Birth Pictues, Intimate and Special
One of our wonderful BWF Mamas is willing to share her special and intimate birth pictures with our community. She says, “These are pictures that were taken by our doula at the birth of my third son. I delivered him at home after a c-section in 2000 then a VBAC in a hospital in 2009. I feel these pictures represent…
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“A Pretty Crunchy Birth Story”
Our precious little girl has arrived!!! I have never had a baby so I have never written a birth story… but I’m going to write our tale! 🙂 Monday, July 25, we had our 38 week appointment where we met the Birth Center’s newest midwife, Katie. She was a student midwife early in our pregnancy but our paths had never…
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March of Dimes: Why Waiting At Least 39 Weeks is Best for Your Baby
As of August 2011, March of Dimes has taken a stand that having inductions and cesarean sections for non-medical reasons before 39 weeks is not in the best interest of baby. Here is why… Babies born too early may have more health problems at birth and later in life than babies born full term. Here’s why your baby needs 39…
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BWF Blog One Year Anniversary: Top 10 Blog Posts
Today, October 25th, marks the one year anniversary of the Birth Without Fear blog! Here are the top 10 blog posts over the last year (by most visited according to Google)… 1. Breech Babies are Another Variation of Normal 2. A License to Rape 3. Beautiful and Inspiring Pregnancy and Birth Pictures 4. Top 10 Things Not to Say to…
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A Simple Hospital Birth {Baby Waits for Daddy}
On October 17th around midnight, I began having what I thought were mild braxton hicks type contractions. I was able to sleep through them. Hours later as I waited for his father to return home from his family visit (not without complications of course), my contractions came and went as though they weren’t real. Daddy got on his plane at…