Sometimes I see a picture that is removed from a social media site, like Facebook, and I understand why. Even if I don’t find it disturbing, I can appreciate how it might be too graphic. However, sometimes I just don’t get it. For example, when I was banned from FB for 3 days for posting this picture of a placenta.…
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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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Normalizing Twin Births; Twins Born Naturally in the Hospital
*A few parts of Jess’ birth footage were used in part 3 of More Business of Being Born, so if you’ve seen that, you’ll see her! Nothing about my pregnancy went according to plan. After nearly 13 years of marriage and completion of my clinical social work graduate program, we decided it was finally time for us to start thinking…
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Planned Hospital Birth Happens In the Van In the Driveway
I’ve been meaning to write my daughter’s birth story to share but it never happened. I’m a photographer and am lucky to have some amazing photographer friends who captured my pregnancy, birth and newborn. My first baby girl was born at 41 weeks in the hospital with no intervention except an IV with fluids. The next time around I was…
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On a Time Frame with Birth Center, Started Labor with a Breast Pump
I have 2 daughters one is about to turn 5 in a couple of weeks and the other is 2. I was a young mom being only 20 when I delivered my first. I wanted to go natural with her, I just didn’t educate myself enough. So I ended up having an epidural and a severe episiotomy (hole to hole)…
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Labor of Love, Home Birth Clip
I am so excited to share this. My friend (yes, I know her IRL) was on Labor of Love. There are 2 mamas in the video, my rockin’ friend is Morgan Mayes. I love that home birth was featured on this show (OK, and that Morgan told her midwife to be quiet. Ha!). Please SHARE THIS. I want her views…
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An Intimate Home Birth Story Photographed and Written by a Best Friend
“I turned into the neighborhood and the first thing I heard was an ice cream truck. I couldn’t help but smile and chuckle to myself at how cookie cutter it was. Some of us start from neighborhoods like this with the ice cream truck cruising through, the stay at home moms and cul-de-sacs…some of us do not. But this is…
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When Annie Came Into the World: A Dad’s Perspective Birth Story
I was socializing downstairs over at Rachel’s aunt’s house when Kris yelled downstairs, “Tucker… Rachel’s water broke”. Not believing her statement because, for one, she said it nonchalantly, and second, it was a week before the due date, I yell back “OK Kris”. I share a chuckle with Ryan who was under the same impression as I about the legitimacy…
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A VBA2C Home Birth Transfer to Hospital, Waters Broken and Stall in Labor
There are so many things I want to write about when it comes to my pregnancy and birth. I think a lot of these things are keeping me from finishing my birth story. I created a document for it the night Maris was born, and I’ve been picking away at it for the past almost 6 weeks, but it just…