Written by Rina on July 8th, 2011. Having the knowledge that I would give birth at home, with my midwife Nancy, assisting midwife Noel and doula Machelle, was a huge comfort to me. It was such a relief to know I would be doing the hard work of labor in familiar surroundings and recovering without interruptions from nurses and visitors.…
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Simplicity
This is my all time favorite picture from my second home birth. I love the simplicity of it! This way of weighing newborns is so classic! Baby Charlie is in there! 7lbs 9oz! Photo by Brenna Lyn Photography.
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A Young Mother’s Birth Story Told with Photos
“This is my album of my home birth. I labored in water and delivered on land. I am 18 years old and feel this is my biggest accomplishment in my life already!” “Painless” contractions have been going on for about 11 hours now. It’s 9 am. I have barely slept 5 hours due to being so uncomfortable and dealing with…
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The Supporting Hands of Birth
This picture represents the involvement that family and care providers can have in a birth. It is beautiful when everyone comes together to support mom in having a wonderful, safe birth. Kim says, “This picture really captured home birthing for me. A trained midwife whose love, gentleness and skill have overwhelmed me. This was our second home birth with her. …
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A Sacred Birth After Two Miscarriages
Noah was born on February 25, 2012 My husband and I started trying to conceive shortly after getting married. We tried for several years, to no avail. Being very health conscious and into natural healing modalities, we decided to address this challenge by improving our diets and lifestyles, and I started doing regular acupuncture and taking herbs. Slowly but surely…
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One of the Most Amazing Birth Pictures Ever!
I saw this on Pinterest actually and it blew my mind. I have seen other pictures of babies born in the caul, but this one takes the cake! Melissa with MJ Birth photography is the talented photographer to capture this shot. Here is the intact membranes post birth… Visit her site here to see more. Melissa’s main photography site is…
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A Birth that Turned into a Journey: Amniotic Band Syndrome
Story sent in by Jenny… My husband and I knew we wanted to birth at home even before we got married. So when we were blessed with our little honeymoon baby, we knew we needed to start looking for a midwife. I didn’t know anyone personally who’d had a home birth and wasn’t sure where to find a midwife. A…
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Triplet Home Birth…Photo of 2nd Baby Born in Water Footling Breech
“A photo of my double footling baby B from my triplet home birth in 2006.” “Here’s the one of the three of them (one of the midwives was holding them). Max is the one on the right with the little purple foot. His one foot was fairly bruised from funky positioning for a few days.” -Kathryn
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5th Child, 4th Unmedicated Birth, but 1st Home Birth!
“On Jan 7th, I had my 5th little blessing. It was my 4th med-free/natural birth and my 1st homebirth! Because of some of my own experiences and some hard things I’d seen as a doula, I had some fears to work through. Thank you for your site which helped me gain peace about my home birth. I had NO FEAR…