Mar 9, 2011 | Breech, Child attended, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Premature, Second birth, Spiritual, Weaning
A GODDESS RISING! “Okay Babe…This is the last time for milk. You are a big boy now. You can do it. Mommy will still be here for you.” Those were the words I whispered to my soon to be three year old son as he nursed for what I knew would be the last time. I must...
Feb 27, 2011 | Cervical lip, Empowered, First Birth, Home birth, Midwife Attended, Nesting, Overdue, Partner Attended, Yoga
My visceral desire for a child had consumed me for months leading up to my pregnancy. I intuitively knew that the process of growing and birthing a life would be a powerful healing experience for me– I had read Ina May’s Spiritual Midwifery when I was in...
Feb 27, 2011 | Bathroom birth, First Birth, Hospital Birth, Midwife Attended, Overdue, Partner Attended, Passing out, Pitocin, Tearing, Third birth
I am choosing to submit my story anonymously because, although this is my personal, true story, it also belongs to my children. I have their personal birth stories written down and stored in a special place to be shared with them when the time is right. I do not...