Birth Stories
Finding Milk and Peace
I was not ready to have my baby when labor began. It started at 30 weeks 5 days, and I was kept on bed rest until my daughter was born at 35 weeks. She came out healthy and crying, and that moment felt like heaven. But, after she was born, things quickly became very challenging.…
Read MoreFor Jax – Aleah’s Birth Story
My first pregnancy was surreal. Or, at least, what I can recall of it 12 years later. I had already been a nurse for 4 years at the time with a good knowledge base, but I was constantly in awe of the physical and emotional process. I just felt deeply moved by the magic of…
Read MorePeyton’s Birth Stories
For as long as I can remember I’ve always dreamed of having a water birth. I don’t even know where the idea came from as no one in my family had done anything like that. I remember hearing about Midwifery in my nursing school curriculum and instantly being drawn to it and then being validated…
Read MoreKatie’s Home Birth Story
I went into labor at 7:30pm on the 29th of December. I remember laying on the couch feeling a tightening in my stomach. It felt different from anything I’d experienced before. Not painful, just new. I decided to ignore it and continued to watch TV with my husband while timing my contractions when they came.…
Read MoreEmily’s Birth Story
I decided I wanted to have a homebirth long before I got pregnant. I chose this route from being inspired by many friends who had experienced homebirths and I wanted to be able to peacefully birth in my own environment and be comfortable within my own home without the hustle of the hospital. I found…
Read MoreAndrea’s Birth Story
I remember thinking Thursday morning “it’s unusual to poop three times in a row; maybe im going into labor today!” Shortly after that I felt a dull tightening and warming sensation at the bottom of my uterus. It came and went every 5-20 minutes but I did not think it was ‘real labor’ because my first…
Read MoreAbout Me, and About Eliot
I wasn’t sure that I wanted to have children, after having grown up in a less than ideal household. I was intensely independent and the idea of pregnancy sounded alien to me. To be honest, I was bit terrified whenever I considered the experience. However, I met my husband Grant on a trip to Portland…
Read MoreMilo’s Birth
Before this birth experience, I had three hospital births. I’ve always dreamed to birth at home, I just never thought it would be possible for me for different reasons. At my 20 week appointment with my OB during this pregnancy, it was clear that my values and what I wanted for the birth of our…
Read MoreHome Birth Story of Jonah Eugene
OUR RAINBOW BABY This is the birth story of our rainbow baby Jonah Eugene, born in the water at home on October 12th. This pregnancy and birth was special to me for a couple reasons; one being that this was my last pregnancy and two because Jonah is our rainbow baby. Two years ago in…
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