I Can't Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues

business

First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don't

Taking Back Birth

Are You a Birth Witch?

Spirituality

How We Named 
Our Babies

Mothering

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(Let it be known that I have had 5 homebirths-the first, second and third being waterbirths. The last 2 have been intentional “land births”. I have enjoyed all of my births but would probably say that my body has enjoyed birthing on land over in water. I hope my own personal bias does not sway […]

To Waterbirth or Not to Waterbirth?

Labor and Birth

I chose to freebirth my son True, my 6th babe, for a multitude of reasons. See, I found this place in my heart and soul where birth lives. I had seen it in my mind a million times and believed it too; that women are made to birth and that babies know how to be […]

Why Freebirth?

Labor and Birth

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The answer is “YES”. Birth has become a political issue; in more ways than one. The government has taken over our birthing rights to allegedly “protect mothers and babies” and not many are questioning it; the mamas, the midwives, the doulas. Birth is a natural, human right-but it’s gotten to the point that, especially with […]

Have We “Politically Corrected” Birth?

Politics

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36 weeks pregnant. I am absolutely raw emotion right now and my thoughts about pregnancy and birth are (to some, not all) probably so radical that I feel I must be out in left field somewhere. If I hadn’t been at the most profound birth conference around last week, I might think my intensity was […]

Ready for Birth-Raw, Open and Without Apology

Politics

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