Halfway done with the 30 day countdown to the release of Birth Without Fear: The Judgement-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum(Hachette Books, March 5, 2019)! Brandon reads a snippet out of the Chapter 7 Partner Point of View of Birth Without Fear, and he and January discuss their first home birth! Subscribe to the Harshe…
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The Harshe Podcast – Episode #60: Home Birth IS An Option!
It’s 16 days until the release of Birth Without Fear: The Judgement-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum (Hachette Books, March 5, 2019)! January reads a snippet out of Chapter 7 of Birth Without Fear, and she and Brandon discuss home birth and all the many questions and answers this chapter of the book offers! Subscribe to…
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“I Pushed My Baby Girl Out In 9 Minutes!” – A Mother’s 4th Home Birth
I have five children! This is amazing, coming from a woman who never wanted to have children. In my early 20’s I didn’t want to marry or ever go through the pain of childbirth. When I married at the age of 25, and soon found myself pregnant, my life changed forever. My first son was born in the hospital. I…
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The Sun Is Shining Through: A Peaceful Home Birth
I’ve been floating on that post-birth cloud that only the miracle of new life brings. Soon enough, or perhaps it is happening already, I will slowly float back to the ground as Holden and I navigate the fourth trimester together. The joy, pain, awe, intensity, shock, and gratitude of Holden’s birth are still so near to me. Andrew and I…
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Faith and Healing: A ‘Post Dates’ Home Birth After a Cesarean
(Editor’s note: this birth experience was originally posted on August 23, 2011.) To gain a little insight of why I had a C-section with my first born, I have it written down as a “vent” on my blog. It basically started out as one intervention cascading into a ball of interventions that led me to a transfer from a “Birth…
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“I’m Done Now, God.” A Home Birth Experience
I was completely in charge of my pregnancy. Such a wonderfully intimate experience between myself and my baby, God, and our family. Although yes, it was empowering, that is not at all why I do it. I do my pregnancies, and births, and babies this way because this is the choice my husband and I confidently make for our family.…
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PROM, Castor Oil, Precipitous Labor, & Home Birth
"I jumped out of bed when a particularly strong contraction hit and told my mom and husband that I couldn’t sleep anymore, the pain was too intense. I tried to labor on the birth ball, but it wasn’t helping. My mind started freaking out that there was no way I could do this all night, the pain was too intense…
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I Am Wholly Here: The Healing Water Birth of Finn
There was a moment, just before Ellie reached a gloved hand inside of me, that I wondered if I was cheating. If my body was incapable of truly beginning labor on its own. 6 centimeters dilated, completely effaced, 42 weeks with him in my womb. I ached to feel the natural progression of things – the dance of intensifying rushes…
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Educated & Empowered: A Home Water Birth
My birth story begins a few years before my son was even conceived! While my husband, Jeff, and I were dating we discussed children multiple times. We both knew that we wanted to have kids but I remember clearly telling him that I thought I wanted to adopt since my fear of childbirth was too big. My husband is adopted…