I am 38 weeks pregnant and I’m going to have a home birth. I had a home birth with my first child and previously blogged about our decision to do so. Having a positive experience the first time, the choice to birth at home again with the same midwives really was easy. In fact, Missus […]
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Before I got pregnant, I never gave much thought to who would be present at my labor and delivery. I always just assumed it would be Missus Scooter and my mom. As it turns out, this was not the case with my delivery with Ohana….and there will be different people at my upcoming labor. When I […]
Laura of The Zhukeepers previously shared the birth story of her first child Sam here, and now she’s back with the incredible birth story of her second child! . . . . . My labor with Sam was only 5 hours, which is very quick compared to most first births. My midwives and I were […]
Part 1 of our story about choosing where and how to birth left off at making the choice as a couple to deliver our baby at home in the water using midwives. I realized that it may have come across that we chose this path and the midwives solely on a feeling. I don’t want […]
People tend to fear the unknown. Giving birth tops the charts in terms of being unknown – from when and where labor will start, to how long labor will last and how the birthing process will unfold. To add even more reason to be afraid, the whole birthing process just sounds extremely painful, and pregnant […]
I started to feel pre-labor cramps on a Friday night. It was still well over a week from my due date, so I dismissed this as my body just getting ready for the real deal. Plus, I had five kayakers crashing at my house in town from California, and this was not the ideal crowd […]
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