... shorter labor, a healthy, screaming baby, and within about six hours, I was up and around and felt well enough to go home. My point is that the labor and delivery that involved the least amount of medical intervention ... best or only option for everyone. My husband, who fears for my safety, was reluctant to consider home birth at first, but we did two things that put his mind at ease (now he' ...

... specifically those who are not CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) -- than home birth per se. She includes this nifty chart to demonstrate ... means that a total of 33 babies who were born at home between 2003 and 2004 died in their first month of life. ... outweigh the risks. How can they best minimize the risk? By selecting a birth attendant with appropriate training and experience, for one. More training ...

... of restrictions and that it was likely I would not have supportive staff. I started to look elsewhere. I interviewed home birth midwives as well as an OB. In the end, we ended up ... to push a little to see if we could get her to descend. Keep in mind, while this is my third baby, this is my first vaginal birth. So we knew that it could still be a while. So, I began to push. And push. And push. I ...

... Unnecesarean.com has two good pieces on Lynsee’s birth, and you can of course watch the footage yourself. Then, there’s this NYTimes article ... LA Times: “The right place to deliver: home or hospital? It’s a heated argument, and neither side ... midwives and recent studies and their conclusions on the safety of home birth, but then, frustratingly, the article ends this way: “ ...

Photo by Mike QuainThis week's birth story is shared by my friend Coralissa Delaforce, who ... of the Week series: "I love sharing my almost home birth story. I am that 5% transfer rate. The ... also called my parents to let them know that they should start thinking about driving home since they were in Bakersfield. I was surprised how close my contractions were considering I only started 2 ...

Pinky RN is looking for home-birthers to answer questions about home birth vs. birth center births: Would folks who want a homebirth because of the restrictive nature of the hospital, come to a freestanding birth center? Is there a demand for Birth Centers? Especially a Birth center across the street from the hospital that has a

... . Wonderful picked up Papa Murphy's pizza on his way home from work. Some of Joseph's friends came over to celebrate and have ... at 8:30pm Craving some more sleep. The call came at exactly 3 AM... since the birth was taking place in Littleton, the Midwife and I would ride together. ... with hearts so full of gratitude for our 3rd safe home birth this week! I have one more left-- my grandson is ...

It's been a crazy busy couple of months but I'm going to try to post a bunch of stuff here soon in case I have any readers left... In September I photographed a home birth, arriving at Jessica's house about five minutes before her newborn son was in her arms. Please check out the audio slideshow (with a little video)

... class about breathing and working with the contractions. I had told myself that I wanted to birth naturally, but if it got too hard then I would get the epidural, and that's exactly what happened. The ... felt intense pain with my hospital births, and there were moments of discomfort during my home birth but never what I would describe as pain. I think it had to do with the peace I felt and the ...

... a birth center across the street from the hospital I worked at, would it be used? If we build it, will they come? So for any home birth folks out there, could you please leave me a comment on your thoughts. What ... a train of thought that I was following at the time. I'd love to see more birth centers, especially ones really close to a hospital, because I think they would attract more women who ...