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The Birth of Baby K written by her mama, Natalie I had my first baby the regular way, in a hospital. Before she was born I had researched home birth but at the time I felt that having a midwife was an unreachable goal and the hospital route was just the normal thing...
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The Circumcision Decision: my story as a mom of boys by Heather Hilton, LM My first sticky little baby was plopped into my arms the month before I turned 20 years old. I was a baby myself, by all accounts. Oh, of course I thought I had the world at my fingers and I...
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The birth of Mace John Bowman: by Megan Kapolka Bowman Those of you reading this likely follow me on social media and know that I was “overdue” the expected due date with mister Mace. Just like his older brother he was just too cozy in my womb. Since midway through my...
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On July 5th, 41+2, I had a second acupuncture session. Phyllis, the acupuncturist said to eat Italian food. I had read an old wives tale about Eggplant Parmesan stimulating labor and I love Italian food so this was fine by me. Grandma Jan suggested going out for...
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Delayed Cord Clamping by Salli Gonzalez, LM If you’ve ever been around midwives, you will notice that we are pretty confident about the process of birth. After all, birth has been around for, well, since the beginning of the human race. Allowing the birth...
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I have always wanted a home birth. And I use the word “always” fairly loosely as I always swore I would never have children until I married Daniel:) When I got pregnant with Amira I was dead set on having a home birth experience, because I grew up in a...
