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Our darling: The birth story of Poppy
It all started Saturday night (January 18) ... David and I had been doing everything we could to try to bring on labor for [...]
My natural birth: The birth of McKayla
I hadn’t dreamed of having a natural birth. My mother’s experience with my big brother and I involved constant painful contractions with no breaks. [...]
Natural inductions
Midwife Vicki Nolan Marnin reminds us that women are not machines and that a due date does not necessarily mean a baby is ready [...]
Sweet sixteen
Want to lighten the mood on labor day? Add these not-too-serious, actually kind-of-hilarious songs to your playlist for the big day. 1. "I Gotta Feeling" [...]
Worth waiting for: The birth of Leo
Leo Robert Coghill entered this world Tuesday, February 25 at 10:09 p.m. He was 8 pounds, 21 inches long and the sweetest baby from the [...]
An inconvenient truth
When Roslyn Jin was pregnant with her second child, she thought long and hard about the best way to give birth. The mother of [...]
What a rush: The birth story of Caroline
I always enjoy reading other women's birth stories on their blogs, even more so once I knew I was expecting. Here's the story of [...]
Perfect, pink and beautiful: The birth of Lily
Our birth story really should start with mom and dad. We were friends in high school (15 years ago) and found our way to [...]
Exciting and exhilerating: The birth story of Adrian
On Thursday, April 24, I was 38 weeks and four days pregnant. I woke up at 3 a.m. and was having contractions. I did my [...]
The place to be
Have you heard about the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)? It's a global initiative lead by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation's [...]
Childbirth 101
Ideally, all pregnancy roads lead to the same destination: an uncomplicated birth and a healthy baby. But there are many paths through labor and [...]
What we’ve been waiting for: The birth of Ellie
I desperately wanted a natural birth. I watched The Business of Being Born (twice), and I read Ina May’s ‘Guide to childbirth.’ My husband and [...]
Welcoming our twin daughters: Lyla and Nixon
The days leading up to our scheduled C-Section on February 27, 2014 were full of emotions for our little family. We spent our time [...]
My literal labor of love: The birth story of Piper Parrish
It’s faint, but I can still see the dot on my wrist where the IV was inserted. It reminds me of how recently I gave [...]
Warrior mama: The birth story of Fox
So about a week before I went into labor, Jeremy showed me a photo of a sheep giving birth. This sheep was casually laying on [...]
Our little peach: The birth story of Bella
After suffering hyperemesis throughout my whole pregnancy, which meant I was violently sick every day, and being hospitalized twice, I was desperate to give birth [...]
Full of surprises: The birth story of James
It all started Monday, April 30, 2012, on my due date. I woke at 5 a.m. to go to the bathroom for the tenth time, [...]
Our rainbow: The birth of Gracen
Gracen’s birth was healing to say the very least. There could not have been more of a contrast between the light of the day he [...]
Our darling: The birth story of Poppy
It all started Saturday night (January 18) ... David and I had been doing everything we could to try to bring on labor for [...]
My natural birth: The birth of McKayla
I hadn’t dreamed of having a natural birth. My mother’s experience with my big brother and I involved constant painful contractions with no breaks. [...]
Natural inductions
Midwife Vicki Nolan Marnin reminds us that women are not machines and that a due date does not necessarily mean a baby is ready [...]
Sweet sixteen
Want to lighten the mood on labor day? Add these not-too-serious, actually kind-of-hilarious songs to your playlist for the big day. 1. "I Gotta Feeling" [...]
Worth waiting for: The birth of Leo
Leo Robert Coghill entered this world Tuesday, February 25 at 10:09 p.m. He was 8 pounds, 21 inches long and the sweetest baby from the [...]
An inconvenient truth
When Roslyn Jin was pregnant with her second child, she thought long and hard about the best way to give birth. The mother of [...]
What a rush: The birth story of Caroline
I always enjoy reading other women's birth stories on their blogs, even more so once I knew I was expecting. Here's the story of [...]
Perfect, pink and beautiful: The birth of Lily
Our birth story really should start with mom and dad. We were friends in high school (15 years ago) and found our way to [...]
Exciting and exhilerating: The birth story of Adrian
On Thursday, April 24, I was 38 weeks and four days pregnant. I woke up at 3 a.m. and was having contractions. I did my [...]
The place to be
Have you heard about the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)? It's a global initiative lead by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation's [...]
Childbirth 101
Ideally, all pregnancy roads lead to the same destination: an uncomplicated birth and a healthy baby. But there are many paths through labor and [...]
What we’ve been waiting for: The birth of Ellie
I desperately wanted a natural birth. I watched The Business of Being Born (twice), and I read Ina May’s ‘Guide to childbirth.’ My husband and [...]
Welcoming our twin daughters: Lyla and Nixon
The days leading up to our scheduled C-Section on February 27, 2014 were full of emotions for our little family. We spent our time [...]
My literal labor of love: The birth story of Piper Parrish
It’s faint, but I can still see the dot on my wrist where the IV was inserted. It reminds me of how recently I gave [...]
Warrior mama: The birth story of Fox
So about a week before I went into labor, Jeremy showed me a photo of a sheep giving birth. This sheep was casually laying on [...]
Our little peach: The birth story of Bella
After suffering hyperemesis throughout my whole pregnancy, which meant I was violently sick every day, and being hospitalized twice, I was desperate to give birth [...]
Full of surprises: The birth story of James
It all started Monday, April 30, 2012, on my due date. I woke at 5 a.m. to go to the bathroom for the tenth time, [...]
Our rainbow: The birth of Gracen
Gracen’s birth was healing to say the very least. There could not have been more of a contrast between the light of the day he [...]
