We found out we were pregnant in the middle of a hot and dry summer. Our pregnancy was welcomed by our family of four and we anxiously awaited our newest addition. This pregnancy came with some mixed emotions for me, for several reasons, but the most forefront being that this was likely going to be our last pregnancy – and I desperately wanted to end our birthing days in the comfort of our own home. For those who are not familiar with our previous births, you can read about them here: Mila’s Birth Part 1 Mila’s Birth Part 2 Lillian’s […]
I’m a damn Rockstar!, by Teale
It’s taken me 4 month to write this, I have had no idea where to start. I have struggled with putting my story out there because honestly, it is a very successful birthing story and I would hate to be perceived to be bragging. All the birth stories I have read are mostly about over coming challenges and adversity during the birth, whereas for me the hardest thing I’ve done was this pregnancy. I have given myself a lot of time to reflect on the experience as a whole and what was “rockstar” about it. Perception is a wonderful tool and […]
The Home VBAC of Jensen Matthew, by Johna
The story of my home VBAC starts with the story of my csection. I was due on October 10, 2014 with our baby girl. I was eager, impatient, and ready to meet her face to face. October 10th passed by without even a faint sign of labor. My labor for Leona began on October 14th, around 4am, waking me from a dead sleep. By 7am, we were heading to the hospital an hour away. When I arrived to the hospital room around 8:30am, the OB promptly checked my cervix and announced “7cm, 100%. -2 station, and I just broke your […]
Ruby’s Birth Journey, by Rhiannon
On the evening of the 31st of May, I was having a bath, burning my oils, relaxing to my birth music and practicing envisioning my birth. In my head, I could see myself in a bath surrounded by candles, bringing my baby up out of the water, on to my chest, tears strolling down my face, and I could feel the love, and see my husbands face near me, overwhelmed with love. This was my vision. This was my birth. I had read the books, learnt about the hormones, and I had never felt so strong in my life. […]
My Healing Induced Birth, by Lidija
My birth story of my second boy starts with my first birth experience. It was supposed to be a beautiful homebirth in water but after I wasn’t progressing from 5cm after 24 hours, I transferred to hospital and it ended up with numerous interventions, was traumatic, and violent with assisted forceps. This time around I wanted to take charge of my birth from day one and deep down in my heart I wanted a peaceful homebirth in water. We hired Belinda Henkel to be our private midwife after many recommendations as I didn’t want the first birth and my first […]