I'm getting the birth story section started up in our features again. We used to have one & I don't know where those stories are. All you need to do if you want to contribute is post the story on your hipmama blog (or let me know the URL for the one you've already written in your hipmama blog) & I'll add it to the collection! For ...

For too long, the drama, and pain and horrifyingly out-of -control helplessness, has been the predominant tale of childbirth. It’s time for that story to go the way of dinosaurs. There’s a new way to tell our birth stories, a simple way, with humor and spirit and matter-of-fact exuberance. Simply Give Birth is a collection of 30 such

... -called Red Tents to gather and share birth stories. (You'd have to assume that the women who show ... hearing about all sorts of "horrific" birth experiences. She heard about women who had episiotomies without consent ... relationship with my obgyn), but I can understand where Brody is coming from and believe that whatever birth category you put yourself into (happy with the experience, sad ...

... ICAN book review, I felt sort of burnt out about birth stories. It doesn't help that I'm in Provo ... drug. When Heather Cushman-Dowdee asked us for stories, she emphasized that she just wanted the story. No "So we wanted ... simple. Yes, a few of us threw in our afterbirth experiences, so you get some of that, too, but it's mostly birth. It's a nice book that you can pick up, open ...

... for people to steal. Along with the new series I have been lining up new clients to document birth stories. Capturing as photo essays, the hours of labor and ... a cause and bring it to light, but I have never known the cause. After experiencing what Cole and I did here in having a home birth with a professional and experienced midwife, it got me looking into other conditions around the world. I will ...

... ;big baby" stories that lead to "c-section birth stories" but what gets me is why do women ... things you would like to get done for your own self. Another reason is these women are not being given a proper chance to birth these babies. In today's Obstetric model ... 0 jeans fall off of her boney ass. But she was able to birth two babies. One being 6lbs 2oz and the other being 7lbs ...