homebirth

  • Homebirth: Whom to Invite

    Having a home birth affords you total control of who attends your birth. Choosing your birth companions, however, can be one of the main sticking points when planning your birth. Read "Homebirth: Whom to Invite" to learn more.

  • Homebirth: Whom to Invite

    When you dream of your perfect birth experience, do you find yourself longing for the comforts of home complete with your own bed, quiet, personal surroundings, control over what family / friends are welcome, and more? Today's pregnant woman is increasingly turning to the respite offered from yesteryear (well - with modern plumbing which is a definite plus)! Read on for help planning your special day.

  • Home-Birth Story of Lewis Harwood Kerr

    The story actually starts on Christmas day (of course). I was a bit tired, owing to our elder son, Arthur waking at 5 am full of excitement. We'd finished stockings and presents and were starting on breakfast before it was light.

  • Welcome Caspar: A Homebirth Story

    I had contractions all Tuesday night but by the time the midwife had checked me out at 10 a.m. on Wednesday they had stopped. I was only 1 cm dilated but 100% effaced and soft so she thought I would go that day.

  • Lauren Elizabeth's Home Birth Story

    I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions off and on from about dinnertime on May 15th, 2003. I started to feel them more as the night went on. At about 1 am on May 16th, they started to hurt.

  • Home-Birth Story of Lewis Harwood Kerr

    The story actually starts on Christmas day (of course). I was a bit tired, owing to our elder son, Arthur waking at 5 am full of excitement. We'd finished stockings and presents and were starting on breakfast before it was light.

  • Welcome Caspar: A Homebirth Story

    I had contractions all Tuesday night but by the time the midwife had checked me out at 10 a.m. on Wednesday they had stopped. I was only 1 cm dilated but 100% effaced and soft so she thought I would go that day.

  • Homebirth: Whom to Invite

    When you dream of your perfect birth experience, do you find yourself longing for the comforts of home complete with your own bed, quiet, personal surroundings, control over what family / friends are welcome, and more? Today's pregnant woman is increasingly turning to the respite offered from yesteryear (well - with modern plumbing which is a definite plus)! Read on for help planning your special day.

  • Lauren Elizabeth's Home Birth Story

    I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions off and on from about dinnertime on May 15th, 2003. I started to feel them more as the night went on. At about 1 am on May 16th, they started to hurt.

  • Homebirth: Whom to Invite

    Having a home birth affords you total control of who attends your birth. Choosing your birth companions, however, can be one of the main sticking points when planning your birth. Read "Homebirth: Whom to Invite" to learn more.

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