Back Story – Scroll to skip to The Birth Itself People get pregnant and give birth and have babies and make their version of a family for all kinds of reasons. They have different ways they get there, and different stories to tell along the way. After a decade of attending births myself as a doula, here is my own… Read more →
“I’m sharing this story to create more awareness around how being an active decision maker in your pregnancy, birth and postpartum period greatly influences your ability to have a positive experience through each of these stages.” ~ Jen Reddish Birthing On My Own Terms: Some background: After a lot of research and changing of plans, my husband and I created… Read more →
When I shared my sister’s family freebirth (birth outside the medical system) story and birth images last week, they created a ripple effect in the online world that inspired a lot of women to want to share their stories and images from their beautiful births. Over and over again I have women tell me that the thing that helped them most… Read more →