• Noel + Estella | A Perfect Team

    “My body and my baby worked as the perfect team and we had a perfect birth. No one shouting, to push, no one making suggestions. It was all me and her. I cannot wait until she is old enough to hear the story of her birth and be empowered.”

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  • Morgan + Rosaline | A Way to Be

    “I went back into the bedroom and leaned onto the bed. Jon was sitting on the bed. When the next contraction hit, he reached his hands out toward me and I took them and sort of dangled from his hands in a squat off the side of the bed.”

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  • Bethanie + Aislyn | I Felt Safer at Home

    “…at about 6:20 I went to the bathroom. Bloody show! I nearly jumped out of my skin. I was so excited! This meant that things were really happening and I was probably going to go into labor soon.”

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  • Sweet Caroline | Home Birth After Cesarean

    “I woke up after a while and labored quietly in the other room. My sister in law woke and found me up. So we watched Frasier and ate toast with peanut butter…”

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  • Erica + Wailon James | An Empowering Solo Birth

    “The kids enjoyed the swimming pool & I tried not to yell too much about the splashing. This was my first real water birth, & I will never go back to land birthing again…”

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  • Jessica + Quinn | Quinn’s Speedy Home Birth

    “My gut said that she should come now, but her son was getting married on Saturday and it was the day of his rehearsal dinner – I didn’t want to bother her too early, and she sounded like she thought it was still early.”

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  • Kasie + Nikolai | An Unassisted Home Waterbirth

    “I just went with it, and did what my body was telling me to. I reached in and felt my bag of water bulging, and the baby’s head. What an awesome feeling!”

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  • Lesley + Oona | Home Birth Love

    “My husband looked into my eyes and said, “Lesley, you know about these things. What do I do?” I said, “oh, just catch her,” and then as her shoulder came out…”

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