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Frankie’s Birth Story
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Today’s guest post–a beautiful VBAC story–comes from Sandra. Sandra is a wife and mother of two. During her first pregnancy she saw a midwife, took Bradley childbirth classes, and planned to have her baby at home in a birth pool attended by her husband, mother, and …
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Eden’s Birth: A Beautiful Home Birth Transfer and CBAC Story
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The world needs more positive birth stories (and more positive birth experiences). The world especially needs more positive home birth transfer stories. And more positive cesarean stories. And more positive CBAC (cesarean birth after cesarean) stories. This story is every one of those things–a beautiful …
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Eric is Born: Our Peaceful, Extraordinary VBAC-Homebirth-Waterbirth
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Wednesday, January 18, 10:30 p.m. The boys were dreaming peacefully in their bedroom. Tim lay beside me, his breath quiet and even with the pace of an already deep sleep. ContractionMaster.com was opened up on the phone in front of me. (And yes, a Chipotle …
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Eric’s Birth: The Short Story
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Our baby boy has arrived! In case you haven’t yet heard the news on Facebook or Twitter, our little boy–Eric Joseph–arrived early Thursday morning at 4:45 a.m. He weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. and is absolutely adorable. We are madly in love! I’ll write the …
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Julie Schantz: My Birth Hero!
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Today’s “Birth Heroes” post features Julie Schantz, a super-wise, rock and roll, earth mama-of-two friend of mine from Asheville, North Carolina. How do I know Julie? Let me try and make this story as non-convoluted as possible: In my early years as an indie rock …
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