“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 →
I had always thought I’d have a hospital birth. After all, I wanted to make sure that my baby and I would be safe…where could be safer than a hospital? My sister Jessica is a birth doula and she told my husband and I that research shows home births are safer. But not until we began talking about getting pregnant and… Read more →
What is an “Unassisted Birth” in BC? Under Vital Statistics Canada, births where there were not any registered medical professionals in attendance at a birth are called “unattended” births. Other names for “unattended” or “unassisted” births are free-birth or medically-unattended birth. Logistics to consider when planning a medically unassisted birth in BC: Birth supplies, including supplies for clamping and cutting (or… Read more →