“At 38 weeks pregnant I hired independent midwives to help me have a physiological breech birth at home because the NHS were not supportive of my choices and wanted me to opt for a caesarean. Four weeks and 3 days later my beautiful baby daughter was born at home in record fast timing and it was the most natural and…
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Breech Birth Story {Cesarean After Unexpected Breech Presentation}
My first pregnancy was normal and uneventful until I had a partial placental abruption at 27 weeks. The partial abruption had no adverse effects on my pregnancy but to scare me half to death. At an ultrasound preformed at 29 weeks to check on my son and the placenta we found that my son was still breech. This really worried…
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Breech Homebirth Story with 2 Midwives
My midwife came for a home checkup on Wednesday afternoon. I was 42 weeks + 3 days with our 3rd baby, 2nd girl. She has delivered both my other two children (ages 4 and 2). Both of them were homebirth as well. My midwife and I have a bond we share as if we have been through the battlefield together. We…
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Overcoming Fear to Experience Raw Power: A Breech Home Birth Story
This is the story of how I overcame doubt, fear, and negativity within myself so that I could experience the pure, raw power, intimacy, and spirituality of bringing life into this world. At 36 weeks I found out our baby was breech and my plans for a homebirth were nearly destroyed. With the help of my amazing fiance, my incredible…