Birth Stories's blog

When Eric and I found out I was pregnant with our first child in 2004 we had no doubts that a midwife assisted homebirth was the way we'd go. Both of us were born at home. Eric's mom was attended by a doctor who did natural births, and my mother had five of her six children with midwives at home (the 5th was born in the hallway of a hospital, completely unassisted, and this bit of family lore always strengthened my belief that in an uncomplicated birth women can pretty much handle it themselves). Read more »