Miranda’s birth story has to start with some background information and a bit of her big brother’s story. We had planned an all-natural, drug-free hospital birth and had taken Bradley Classes when I was pregnant with Dustin. Unfortunately, the hospital staff didn’t like how slow my labor progressed and coerced us into interventions we never wanted. Because of all this,…
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A Natural Hospital Birth {After a Previous Medicated Hospital Birth}
I had my first son at the age of 20. I knew that I wanted a natural birth, but was completely uninformed of my rights and the process in general. I found out a year later that the nurses at our local hospital would do anything imaginable to get laboring mothers to get the epidural and essentially sleep through labor……
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Hospital Birth Center Water Tub and Floor Mat for Squatting {Birth in Photos}
At 4:59 Saturday morning I had the privilege of witnessing one bad-ass woman give birth to a gorgeous baby girl. Stephanie is one of my best friends and I love her and her family so much. She asked me to be present at the birth of her third little girl and I couldn’t have been more excited. She had an…