Jun 24, 2011 | Doula Attended, Epidural, Episiotomy, Exhaustion, First Birth, HypnoBirthing, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Partner Attended, Vaginal Birth
Lauren, This description of how you arrived has been lying around for 30 years, but I don’t think you’ve ever read it. It seems a suitable time to hand it over to you. Enjoy! Lots of love, Dad. March 15th 2008 (Lauren’s 30th Birthday) DAD, 1978: This...
May 19, 2011 | Afterbirth, Afterpains, Amniocentesis, Breast feeding, Early birth, Epidural, First Birth, Grief, Hospital Birth, Mourning, Planned Pregnancy, Redemption, Reiki
Loss, Life and Love I wanted to have a baby for the first time in my life only after I watched my husband suffer through two surgeries for colon cancer over a five-week period. My mind was numb and I was almost on the edge of a nervous breakdown watching the man I...
May 19, 2011 | Afterbirth, Doula Attended, First Birth, GBS, Hibiclens, HypnoBirthing, Long Labor, Midwife Attended, Overdue, Partner Attended, Ring of Fire, Surrender, Tearing, Waterbirth
Surrender: My Birth Story Surrender: verb, to give oneself up, as into the power of another; submit or yield. Before I had a baby of my own I was/am a doula. I’ve been with women as they’ve crossed over into motherhood in both hospitals and birth centers....
Apr 13, 2011 | Breast feeding, Cesarean birth, Doula Attended, Epidural, First Birth, Grief, HypnoBirthing, Overdue, Pain, Partner Attended, Post-operative healing
Before my dd was born, I was well armed with research about birthing and I know what kind of birth I wanted. My other mum (long other story) had 4 babies at home. I was considering a home birth, but my doula wouldn’t do them at home. that and I wanted to make...
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...
