I woke up on August 15th 2012, contracting. Nothing too strong or in a good pattern but I figured I would call my doctor since I was 36 weeks and five days (or so we thought). I called him and he told me that if my water broke or I had contractions every four minutes lasting one minute, for one…
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Papa and Grandaughter; A Birth Photographer’s Reflecting Thoughts
These beautiful images and words were sent in by Carissa with Carissa Pierce Photography. “Having lost my dad before I was married and had children this birth picture I took yesterday is super special. Papa and grand-daughter. Evokes so much emotion….look at the eye contact, the flowing beard, the obvious size difference. This picture alone would be worth millions to…
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Family Doctor OB Shows Love and Support to His Birthing Moms
“Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of my father’s sudden passing. I wanted to share a picture with you that is very special to me. My dad was a family practice doctor who also did obstetrics. He had a great respect for midwives and learned as much as he could from them, because he considered midwives to be the experts when…
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Dad Makes it Home JUST in Time For the Birth of His Baby!
This story is told and the pictures captured by Lizvette with Lizvette Wreath Photography. The birth story of baby Jacen brought happy tears to many people. I hope you enjoy it as well and share with the world this very happy ending. Ashleigh’s mom, Christy, contacted me via email last November. The idea of documenting the birth of Ashleigh’s first…
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Mom Helps ‘Catch’ Her Own Baby in a Hospital Birth
“My first two children were born at 36 weeks and went straight to the NICU. My firstborn was a c-section and my second was a VBAC with an epidural. I blame his NICU stay on complications from the late epidural. My third son was born this past September and I desperately wanted nothing more than a wet baby on my…
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More Birth, Breastfeeding and Placenta Pictures Removed From Facebook
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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The Nurturing Father; Daddies and Babies
We see a picture of a father holding, hugging, kissing or sleeping with his child and we melt. Why? Men are supposed to be ‘tough’ and be the providers, while the mothers are the nurturers. Which is true, but women and men can be either and both, and when we see a picture that shows the bonding and love between…
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Deep Rooted Fear of Birth Leads to a Traumatic Cesarean Birth, Doctor Cut Baby’s Head
THE BIRTH OF NICOLAAS MERTIENS CARSTENS So after 15 months of telling people about my traumatic birth of my son Nicolaas Mertiens Carstens and lots of people saying, “No man you’re just making it worse” and being asked about my birth, I decided to put it in writing. Maybe if I write it down the healing from it will finally…
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Please Sign Here; You Have No Rights (Updated)
For those that want to say that medical care is not intrusive, that women are just whining and should not complain about hospital birth, think again. One of our BWF Mamas recently emailed me describing her recent hospital visit. This is COMMON. Many women do not realize they even have choices . Those that do, if they don’t have a…