My water never broke…just my tailbone… Okay, I’ll back up a little… I had been having extremely mild, menstrual-like cramps for a few weeks leading up to the birth. Since they didn’t hurt, I was excited about these cramps and hoping that they were causing my body to progress. This was my first pregnancy and I was pretty excited to get…
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Determined Mom’s HBAC becomes a CBAC
To start this story, I guess I have to go back to where it really started – which was with the birth of my first son, Kai. Kai was born on the 4th of June 2009 via emergency Cesarean after my water broke spontaneously at home on the morning of the 2nd. I was totally naive about birth – which is ridiculous,…
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Fast Hospital Birth in Australia
I was 18 when I gave birth to Ella. I had absolutely no idea about pregnancy or giving birth, I was terrified and very unprepared. I had a fairly quick drug free labour but spent the whole time in bed on my back, bub was in a bad position and had become stuck, I pushed for almost 3hrs before she…
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Barely Made It {Military Hospital}
I was never one of those people that originally thought I wanted to have an all-natural birth. In fact I remember saying why would you go through all that pain when you can get an epidural? Would you want your leg broken without pain medication?! How dumb was I? LOL Anyways I went through with that mentality with the pregnancy…
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A Fast Hospital Birth with an ObGyn and Doula
In April 2012, we had an unmedicated hospital birth with zero interventions, save for a single dose of antibiotic that I wish I had refused. I spent the day shopping with hubby, got a manicure and pedicure, a massage, went out to dinner and visited my best friend who had just delivered her son. I did all this without a…
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Painless Natural Homebirth, Post Partum Transfer
The reason I want to share my story is because its positive, and I had a completely natural home birth. I feel like in today’s world, especially in America, that’s not a story you hear very often. I didn’t know a home birth was a possibility at first, because I didn’t know anyone who had had one, and I assumed…
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Gentle Beginnings {Boone’s Birth Story}
Hi there! I wanted to share my amazing Birth Center Water Birth with ya’ll. Your website was an amazing inspiration when I was preparing for my natural birth. I felt empowered reading all of the stories! I’m hoping my story will do the same for other women preparing for a natural birth. Thank you for all that you do! -Brooke…
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The Birth of Ayana Willow Jane: A {Mostly} Unmedicated Hospital Birth
I had been awake on and off the majority of the night by the time the 9 am alarm clock chimed, announcing that it was time to end my hours long struggle with sleep. I groggily got up and begin preparations for my four-year old daughter’s (Kaylee) day. I laid out clothes, started breakfast and requested that she get out…
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The Conscious Birth of Madison Rose – Intervention-Free Home Water Birth
My husband Rich wrote up Madison’s birth story within a week or two of her being born. Reading it 5 months later brought tears to my eyes. I’m so grateful that he took the time to write this up because all the details I thought were lost are captured in his story. It’s incredible how in tune he was with me, the…