Jul 11, 2011 | Breech, First Birth, Midwife Attended, Nesting, Partner Attended, Surrender
The giving in birth Negotiations began early between us. He is a sly little teacher and I’m a slow learner. A month after his birth, I sat anxious in the doctor’s office (a heart murmur, the doctor says), trying to nurse him to sleep so that he would lie still for the...
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...
