Amanda Rogowski shares the story of her second daughter’s birth – a beautiful and empowering unassisted birth at home. I decided to have an unassisted birth before I even had children. I have always believed in women’s abilities and intuition. I remember trying to tell my husband, Krzys, with our first pregnancy, and he thought I was insane. I couldn’t…
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Another Wonderful Natural Hospital Birth
“This is the story of the birth of my third child. It was my first time to try a natural delivery and it was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. I had a wonderful natural hospital birth with a supportive OB, a fantastic nurse that enjoys working with moms going natural, a doula, and a birth photographer,…
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Part 2: A Birth At Home {A Story Of Healing And Joy After Birth Trauma}
Part 2 of 3. You can read part one of Clare’s journey (trigger warning: traumatic birth) here. ‘What do you mean there’s no sour cream??!’ The place was a small country town called Wagga Wagga (yes, for all the non-Australian readers there is a town actually called that haha!) the date was the 27th of December and I surprised myself…
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41 Year Old Mom and Grandmother Gives Birth Again {A Beautiful Natural Hospital Birth}
At 41 weeks, I was experiencing what I subconsciously feared. My hubby and I were at my weekly medical doctor’s appointment listening to his attempt to convince us to schedule an induction. He said that it was him and his other four partners protocol to prepare for an induction once a prenatal client went past their due date. He added that…