Kyla of Birthing Aspirations shares two stories: the midwife-assisted home births of her first two children, Naomi and Lily. Earlier this year she shared the story of the birth of her third child, Zoe, with us: A Simple Home Water Birth. Home birth of Naomi: I was at a volunteer appreciation night at my church on my estimated due date. I…
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Fast Labor and Baby Born in the Caul {en caul}
Daenerys “Dani” Rebekah was born on November 19th, at home and in the caul, after only 2 hours of active labor. Most of the labor happened in the car, stuck in traffic. They got home at about 7:20, the midwife arrived 7:46 pm, and she was born at 8:05 pm. She is 7lbs 13 oz. Photography by Petals of Zuzu.
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Accidental Unassisted Birth of 4th Child
My name is Lara Carlos, I am a Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, mama to four amazing babies and the wife of an acupuncturist. I am also the co-founder for The Barefoot Mamas‘ Network and working to take my network national. I recently had an amazing birth experience of my fourth baby. I believe that children pick their parents before they…
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Letting Women Know They Aren’t Alone
Thank you for your wonderful web site and facebook page. I love it. I read it everyday, and on my hardest days you have made me smile and even simply get ready for the day. I have a 13.5 month year old son, who is my miracle baby. It took us 2 years to conceive, and after 53 hours of…
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Firefighter Dad Catches His Baby {After Fast Labor}
“This is a picture my sister captured as my husband, a firefighter/EMT, caught our second born. We had a planned home birth, but the midwives didnt make it in time. Labor was 45 mins. I felt so supported having my husband deliver our son- would do it exactly the same all over again!” ~Danielle
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Dad Watches Birth on Skype {Operation Special Delivery}
This amazing and beautiful birth story was sent to em by katheJo binder photography. She said, “One of my most favorite birth stories that I have ever been apart of. Dad was in Afghanistan while mom delivered her son. Daddy watched via Skype. I just love this birth story and I think it should be shared with the world! This…
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A Doula’s Own Midwife-Assisted Home Water Birth
I had an appointment Friday, August 3rd with my midwife, Bernice. Baby looked and sounded great and the appointment was wonderful, as they had all been. I had asked if she would mind checking me as I had been having quite a few contractions and just wanted to know if anything was happening (though I generally recommend NO cervical checks…
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One Month w/o Facebook. Now What?
Today marks one month I left Facebook. All I can say is…it has been peaceful. My life calmed way down when I removed the chaos of updates, answering questions, moderating comments, etc. In that month, we’ve been posting a lot more on the blog and sharing on Pinterest. It has been fun, actually. I’ve really enjoyed it. Many of you…
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Accidental UC {Unassisted Childbirth} of Moses
This pregnancy was much different from the previous ones from the start. I had a feeling from the very beginning that this baby would come very fast. One night I was talking with John and told him my concerns that we would be delivering on the side of the highway and I couldn’t shake the feeling. I told him that…