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Isaac's VBAC Birth Story
Elizabeth Sandoval Birth Story My first pregnancy ended as a cesarean and a total nightmare. It was the extreme opposite of what I had wanted: minimal intervention, liberty to move, continued consumption of liquids, and family participation. For my second delivery, therefore, I wanted to do all that was possible to have more control…
Chloe's Birth
Chloe’s Birth Story: Two weeks before Chloe’s birth I started having regular contractions. They were getting closer together, but they weren’t very strong. I was worried that my labor would go very fast and we wouldn’t make it to our birth house if we left later. So we left. Well, that wasn’t her birthday. Ten…
Theia's Home Birth
I am finally getting around to posting Theia’s birth story. I said over six months ago that I would do this, but haven’t felt very motivated till now since I knew it would take awhile. I’m sorry its so long. But not as sorry as I was at the time, I assure you. I had been having…
Rae’s Birth Story
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The Privilege To Witness by Laurie Zoyiopoulos
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