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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SNS Breastfeeding Symbol
We have done a few breastfeeding posts and in two of them are pictures of mothers and their babies using a SNS system. You can see them here and here. SNS stands for Supplemental Nursing System. This can be used for mothers with low milk supply to continue the breastfeeding relationship. There are different breastfeeding ‘symbols’ around for women to…
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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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Normalizing Birth One Baby At a Time: An Unassisted Birth Story
Jackson Timothy Lee Born October 11th at 11:30pm. 7lbs, 20 inches Our second unassisted birth was nothing like our first, but was wonderful just the same. The first was my husband and I, candle-light, music, thunderstorm and then Jasmine; all beautiful and perfect. Now, five years later (literally the same due date) I wanted to have big sister included, to…
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Preparing for Unassisted Childbirth
I’m going to start this post off with saying that I do not tell women to birth unassisted. I do not ‘promote it’ or recommend it as it’s not for most women. It is a very personal decision and one both mother and father need to educate themselves on, be united on and take responsibility for. Once in a while,…
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Birthing on Hand and Knees
Thank you Stephanie for sending these in and allowing others to see what birth is like off your back! ~Mrs. BWF I know it may be because it was my birth, but I love these pictures. I think they are so amazing. I had no idea I was capable of something like this. My labor was over 30 hours, mostly…
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Born in the Caul
Every once in a while, that special bag of waters that protectively surrounds our babies stays intact as baby comes earthside. Here are two example sent in from women in our BWF Community! A BWF Mama sent this photo of her baby birthing in the caul. She says, “My midwives did not intervene at all. Â I was involuntarily pushing as…
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Not Just Another Typical ‘Teen’ Pregnancy and Birth.
Zhandra gave birth to her daughter, without fear, in 2009. She might have been young, but she was fearless and very well supported and respected. A beautiful and inspiring birth! ~Mrs. BWF Teen pregnancy is one of those “hot topics” nowadays, surrounded by controversy and viewed as “mistakes”, “recklessness” and all kinds of other degrading things. This image is only…