I am sharing this story of a birth I attended as a doula, with permission from the mom.
Charlotte’s Birth
Jennifer had a few weeks of pre-birth pressure waves, it was a bit surprising to us all when she kept getting closer and closer to her guess date, as her first daughter was born at 37 weeks. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘breech’
Freedom of Choice
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, ICAN, VBAC, tagged breech, twins, VBAC on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is amazing to me that women are not free to choose how they birth.
Many women are told they MUST have a cesarean, because their care providers or hospitals refuse to allow them to have a vaginal birth. Seems absurd that women are not allowed the choice.
Here is an article about how women in Iowa must [...]
Beautiful Breech Homebirth Story
Posted in Birth, Home-Birth, Natural Birth, tagged breech, breech-birth, vaginal-breech on August 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Breech Homebirth surrounded by mothers (Dad was away on business!)
I wasn’t surprised to have sailed past my due date with my 5th baby. Fielding the phone calls, answering the questions about “when are you due?” had become so ingrained in public conversation that even my 4 year old son was wise enough to answer [...]
New Cesarean Rates are not surprising, but are disappointing.
Posted in Birth, Cesarean, ICAN, Pregnancy, VBAC, tagged annual birth data, Birth, breech, cdc, cesarean rate 2006, Ceserean, Pregnancy, vaginal birth after cesarean, VBAC on December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cesarean rates are at an all time high and no one in the medical community or women’s groups seem to care.
But there are women who DO care! I am one of them. In the next weeks I will be posting some articles I have been working on regarding worries and fears and how these can [...]










