It’s that feeling you get as a pregnant woman. The one that’s like, “Holy crap, this is finally happening. I’m finally going to have this baby.” However, for me, I experienced those feelings more than once with my first daughter. I was starting to show signs of preeclampsia in the 28th week of my pregnancy. My feet and ankles started…
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A Story Of Empowered Birthing
I have been following January and BWF for a few months now. Your Blog and Facebook page really helped me through the last part of my second pregnancy. I was diagnosed with GD and had to deal with switching insurance at 36 weeks to a non-supportive insurance. The second half of my second pregnancy was the start of fear, anxiety,…
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The Stories of My {Three} Children’s Births
I am strong because at 28 weeks I kept going into preterm labor, but managed to keep my baby in until 38 weeks. I am strong because I wanted a completely natural delivery without medications or any intervention from doctors, nurses, etc. (especially a C-section)! I am strong because I went into labor on September 14, 2007 and my doctor…
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The Long Journey Home: An HBA2C Story, {Part II}
Yesterday, we shared the first part of Rose Homme’s HBA2C story. In this five-part series, she shares her journey to home birth: the emotional ups and downs, the pain of her first births, and how believing in herself and her body guided her through. Here, you can read about the birth of her second child, Oliver. Check back tomorrow to…
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The Long Journey Home: An HBA2C Story {Part I}
Last June, Rose Homme brought her daughter into the world through a planned HBA2C. In this five-part series, she shares her journey to get there: the emotional ups and downs, the pain of her earlier cesareans, and how believing in herself and her body guided her through. Check back tomorrow to read about the birth of her second child, Oliver.…
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Birth: Nailed It
I recently wrote this post about BWF/myself supporting all women in their birthing choices. It’s an awesome post. Go read it (after this). I have received a few emails recently and I want to share a little of them with you. These emails are dear to me and show the diversity of the BWF women. They show that while I…
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The Diversity of ‘Birth Without Fear’ Pregnant and Birthing Women
I have received comments on this post and this one stating that I am intentionally not showing diversity in women and families. First, let me say that I would never do that. I love diversity! Second, I think it’s judgmental to assume that the pictures/women are not diverse! Just because someone is has light skin, doesn’t mean they are caucasian.…
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Deep Rooted Fear of Birth Leads to a Traumatic Cesarean Birth, Doctor Cut Baby’s Head
THE BIRTH OF NICOLAAS MERTIENS CARSTENS So after 15 months of telling people about my traumatic birth of my son Nicolaas Mertiens Carstens and lots of people saying, “No man you’re just making it worse” and being asked about my birth, I decided to put it in writing. Maybe if I write it down the healing from it will finally…
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The Big Bad Epidural
The Natural Birth Community is quick to say, “Don’t do it! You can do it without it! An Epidural is dangerous! It is evil and causes problems!” Mostly, this is true. You CAN do it naturally and Epidurals do come with risks to mom and baby. There are studies, personal experiences and more that show Epidurals are a drug, has…