Jul 27, 2015 | Empowered, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended
Both my sons were born at home. Calm, Serene and blissful; my first son was born still sleeping into a pool and gave a gentle sigh for his first breath, to a delighted audience of four, myself, my husband and two lovely midwives. Loud, raucous and exhilarating; my...
Jul 16, 2015 | Empowered, Home birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Speaking up
The Power of Speaking Up Earlier this year, I’d been asked to speak about my birthing experiences to the board of the Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The group I addressed on 26 March 2015 makes important decisions in relation to women’s birthing and post-natal...
Mar 30, 2015 | Breast feeding, Doula Attended, Empowered, Exhaustion, Home birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Ring of Fire
Early Labor It was roughly 2:30 AM that 23rd day of July 2014—a typical Wednesday I thought. At 41.3 weeks pregnant I was all too familiar with spontaneous contractions (false alarms) that colored various segments of my wobbly days and kept me awake at night. “Yup.” I...
Dec 18, 2014 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Empowered, Midwife Attended, Pain
A Different Birth Story: Healing from a Traumatic C-Section by Allison Korn The day after she got married, Andrea flew down to Ecuador with new husband in tow, to be at my side during the last two days of my four-day labor as I tried to birth my son, Lucas. She...
Nov 17, 2014 | Empowered, Midwife Attended, Pain, Partner Attended
May 14, 2014 It’s hard to believe it’s already been 8 weeks since Greyson was born. Time really does fly, and it’s making me emotional already! Since our family is complete now, I’m even more sappy this time, realizing how quickly the tiny baby...
Jun 11, 2014 | Birth Center, Empowered, Midwife Attended, VBAC, Waterbirth, Yoga
My daughter, Claire, is three years old and I have never written her birth story. I want to clarify that the reason isn’t because I don’t consider my c-section a birth, or because I don’t look back on her birth with as much love and gratitude as I do...
