Mar 9, 2011 | Fast labor, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Mourning, Pain, Partner Attended, Second birth, Transformation, Vocalizing
The births of my two babies were full of violence and glory. They remain two of my most cherished life experiences. I still struggle to put into words what those nights were like. They were not just moments of my life that I recall with stunning, crystalline detail....
Mar 4, 2011 | Empowered, First Birth, Mourning, Premature, Second birth, Siblings, Tearing, Transformation
by Tracee Sioux My birth story begins on Sept. 11, 2001. Three weeks before my daughter was born I photographed the second plane smashing through the second tower of the World Trade Center. Holding my swollen belly, and the baby within, I witnessed the entire world as...