"Several months before I had attended a Birth Without Fear Meet Up where January described the birth of 'Beard Baby'. Prior to her birth she had had decreased movement and January described this as feeling that her baby had 'nudged' her. I had a brief moment of peace realizing that my baby was nudging me as well and that this…
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A Couple Working Together: A Birth Center Birth Story
"Between the waves, Brett and I would incredulously remark to each other how crazy this was. We were actually going to be having our baby. It was also during this time that Brett realized he must have stepped in dog poop prior to leaving for the hospital. I was too distracted to notice, but our triage room had been filling…
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Roaring for Aurora: A Hospital Birth Story
My entire pregnancy had been spent preparing my body and mind to bring a wonderful little girl into the world. Including the fact that as a first time mom, she would probably arrive later than her expected due date of April 10th! So in order to prepare for her arrival sometime in April I left my job on the last…
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Birthing Peacefully with Hypnobirthing
After the excitement of being pregnant with my very first baby I couldn’t help but feel so nervous & anxious about giving birth. It was consuming me, which I realise now was a blessing for me as it put me on the most incredible journey of hypnobirthing. I am sure there are a lot of you out there that can…
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A Video Birth Story – Joan and Lauren
Below is a video montage taken from a beautiful home birth inside a birthing tub. Get ready for all the feels in the next 5:04. After that take a look at some beautiful stills below! Submitted by Jennifer Winfrey.
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Complete Pack of 3 Boys: Connor’s Birth Story
With each of my pregnancies, I have changed my goals for labor slightly. For my first pregnancy, I was concerned with having a totally natural birth without any medication. My labor was incredibly long and slow, and by the end I felt like a zombie lying in bed waiting in fear of the next contraction. With my second pregnancy, I…
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Riding the Waves – The Birth Story of Hailey Faith Part 1
*It will be helpful to know that Amelia was born via unplanned c-section 22 months before I had Hailey. Amelia’s birth was traumatic to me for many reasons including copious unnecessary medical interventions and complications with anesthesia during my surgery. Hailey’s birth was a planned VBAC, vaginal birth after c-section. I woke up at 3:30am, nine days past my due…
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Pushing Past Pubis Symphysis for a Natural Hospital Birth
I was dreaming that my water broke, with this odd sensation of fluid flowing from me, then I woke and it took me a second to realize I wasn’t dreaming at all, my water had actually broke! It was 4:30am January 21, 2016, exactly one week before baby’s due date. I was very thankful I had placed a soaker pad…
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From Niggling Pains to Quick Water Birth at the Hospital!
I’ve always wanted a water birth, so I arranged to speak to my midwife about my birthing plan. The day I had my midwife appointment I started contracting (niggling pains) at 6am. I was really worried that I wouldn’t get my perfect delivery. After a couple of hours thinking about if I should go or not, I managed to get…