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Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story – Although the advantages of water birth are many and well supported by research, statistics on water birth estimate only about 10% of U.S. hospitals offer any form of water immersion for laboring mothers. Having given birth to my last two children in the water, I honestly… Continue reading Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 3] – Several months ago, I started telling the story of my son’s birth. I got a little sidetracked over the summer, suffered from some type of blogging ADHD, but now I’m back to finish that tale. I know you’ve all been holding your breath… Continue reading Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 3]
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2] – I bet most of you are here because you want to know how to have a pain-free birth, right? Who wouldn’t? The few of you who aren’t planning to give birth in the future and are just here out of pure curiosity are… Continue reading Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2]
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 1] – When people find out my son was born weighing 10 pounds 14 ounces, the universal response is “OUCH!” This makes me laugh every time because nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve delivered four children with my son being the largest and… Continue reading Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 1]
5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2 – As you’ll remember from Part 1 of this series, I had a hospital birth with my first child because I didn’t realize how contradictory that would be to everything I believe about giving birth. You can read more about that in Why I… Continue reading 5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2
5 Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding: Part 1 – I gave birth to my first child in a hospital because I didn’t know any better. At the time, I didn’t realize giving birth in such a medical environment was so very far off from my philosophy of childbirth. I didn’t know there were other… Continue reading 5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 1
Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife: The Birth Story of My Oldest (Part 3) – I was in labor for three hours with my first child. I know. I know some people are in labor for days. All three hours of my first birth were medical personnel making me feel… Continue reading Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife – Part 3
Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife: The Birth Story of My Oldest (Part 2) – I was in labor for three hours with my first child. I know. I know some people are in labor for days. All three hours of my first birth were medical personnel making me feel… Continue reading Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife – Part 2
Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife: The Birth Story of My Oldest (Part 1) – I was in labor for three hours with my first child. I know. I know some people are in labor for days. All three hours of my first birth were medical personnel making me feel… Continue reading Why I Had the Rest of My Kids with a Midwife – Part 1
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