I am so blessed with my children. They really have an amazing bond and as I try to tell Clara’s birth I realize that their bond started with the very first home they each occupied, my womb. I realize that much of what made Clara’s birth so amazing was what I learned from giving birth to Jesse, so I think…
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Welcome Caio {Costa Rica Water Birth}
Hello January, thank you so much for your blog and Facebook page – you are doing such important work. My son Caio was born at home in Sept 2011 in Costa Rica, this is our story. I would be honored if you would like to share it on your blog. I will include some photos that you are welcome to…
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A Story Of Three Births {A Hospital Induction, A Homebirth, And A Birth Centre Waterbirth}
Thank you Suzi, for sharing your three birth stories with us. Your journey is inspirational! – BWF Team Birth #1 I’m ashamed to admit this, but when I started having babies back when I was in my early 20’s, I was completely out of touch with my body. I wasn’t planning to have a baby, I was still young and…
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Birth Story of Ace {Homebirth Transfer to Cesarean}
My birth story begins well before we even conceived Ace. My sisters both had cesareans for various reasons. I began to question everything about birth and I knew I wanted something better for myself. After all our research we decided a homebirth with a midwife would be best. We planned to give birth at my husband’s mother’s house because our…
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A Fast {Unexpected} Home Birth
My home birth I always wanted… She’s dropped. Its 3 1/2 weeks till my due date; I’m a little disappointed because I’m pretty tuned in with my body. I wanted her to come full term – a nice 7pounds she would be, the doctor said. I knew she wouldn’t last in there any longer than a week, this pregnancy was…
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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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I Came Along, I Wrote A Song For You. {The Birth Story Of Sparrow}
We thank Rachel for returning to the BWF blog and sharing her second birth story with us. Her first birth story is here: Hypnobirth Water Birth Story with Gorgeous Pictures So, during my whole pregnancy I refused to tell anyone an official due date, because they mean nothing and everyone pesters you about going late. I said things like “Oh,…
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Homebirth of a Rainbow Baby
“My hope is that in sharing Jeremiah’s story, it will give someone hope or possibly inspire them to try whatever it is they want again. I hope that by sharing our struggle and joy, someone is inspired or given a little strength to try again.” – Ashley (previous Rainbow Baby story here: Letting Go of the Fear: A Natural Birth…
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Birth of Elyas {OP Home Birth}
Birth of Elyas Ali: second birth, second homebirth, OP presentation Thursday March 1st: Throughout the night I was having contractions. Nothing terribly strong, but stronger than Braxton-Hicks contractions. They were coming often and in a timeable pattern, so I got out of bed around 5:30 am and started timing them. They were coming every two to three minutes, and lasting…