These are my sweet identical boys snuggling in their Moses basket just after coming home from the hospital. Hearing specialists tell you at every appointment what a ticking time bomb you are, and that something could go wrong any day is tough. We were confident in the birth process and I trusted my body, even after one specialist told me…
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Facebook Removes Post about Breastfeeding {Discrimination on Women and Families}
This picture and story were shared on Birth Without Fear Facebook and received a lot of love. Unfortunately it was reported and removed by Facebook, even though it does not violate their Terms of Service. It is a beautiful story of a mother helping another mother. {Stacy} I am currently working on my certification to be a birth doula. My…
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A Military Birth Story {Giving Birth During My Husbands Deployment}
Growing up, I’ve always dreamed of becoming a mommy and a wife, but never a military wife who would have to deal with deployments and whatnot. But when I met my husband, I knew that it would just be a part of our life, because he was worth it and he was the man for me. However when he deployed…
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The Birth of Ava Leigh: A Fast Birth Center Birth
I was due November 12th and when that day came, I was a big balloon waiting to pop. November 13th came then the 15th then the 18th…still no baby. After receiving pictures of a friend’s birth on the 18th (Brooke‘s story) I started getting very mild cramps. I texted my midwife Beth to give her a heads up and then…
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A Rainbow Baby Born to a Hyperemsis Gravidarum Survivor
My birth story starts almost 6 years ago. My husband (we were dating at the time) found out we were expecting a bundle of joy. He asked me to be his forever on Christmas Day. We were married on February 22, 2008. I was 18 weeks with our precious gift, which we found out the same day we were married…
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“There was no fear” {Preemie Cesarean Birth}
“I wanted to share my story because I thought it would help make an impact on your fans and hit home your message of “birth without fear.”” – Megan, His Middle Name I had an extremely difficult pregnancy due to a fibroid tumor, but still managed to find the beauty in all of it. With every episode of bleeding and each…
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A Mother Survives Two Strokes Post Partum and in Pregnancy
I am 36 and a survivor of 2 strokes. My first stroke was 7 months after the birth of my first son, I was 34. I had a normal pregnancy and a vaginal birth in a hospital after 31 hours of labor. Due to my first stroke, my husband and I decided that it was best for my health if…
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Home Breech Birth 2003
Well, this photo is of my planned breech home birth in 2003. My little girl is still very cautious and likes to “test the waters” before jumping into anything. I was 38 weeks when my midwife discovered a little head under my ribs. I did all the visualizations, yoga inversion poses, wore bells low down, etc. to get her to…
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I Am Strong {Survival from an abusive relationship}
My name is Caroline, and I am strong, because at 20 I got pregnant with a man whom had physically and mentally abused me for over a year. He had hit me, kicked me and verbally abused me. The pregnancy was obviously unintended, and I didn’t find out until I was 4 months pregnant, because I kept having my period.…