On Friday morning, about a week after my due date, I started having contractions that seemed different than the Braxton Hicks I had been having for a few months. They weren’t very strong or regular, but I was also having a bit of bloody show, so I knew that it would be soon. I figured […]

Back-story: My baby was consistently breech from 30 weeks on. 

I tried everything to get him to turn head-down. I went to the chiropractor for Webster adjustments every other day for weeks. My husband did moxibustion on me every day. I did breech tilt positions several times a day. I took pulsatilla. I tried an […]

My name is Amanda Laurette, and I’m 24 years old. I decided to have a home birth before I ever got pregnant. I knew it was something I wanted to do. I am not a fan of hospitals or doctors. My son Sasha Rayne Laurette was due October 26th 2009, however he decided to bake […]

Contractions started Saturday afternoon, the 8th of July 2006 for me. It was kind of funny because Guy and Laurie left, and not very long after that, I had a contraction.. of course at first I didn’t think it was anything different than the “braxton hicks” contractions, so I just kept going on, not thinking […]

Sunny’s pregnancy was long and hard, puking did not ease up until the weeks were into the 20s and nausea remained throughout, giving me a brief break around 35wks, but was back again just weeks later. Pelvic instability set in at 14wks and so began months of pain that didn’t ease up until the wee […]

Dear Lukas, I had the great privilege to be present at your birth. Your mother and I met at a picnic in the summertime and she invited me to come to your birth as a doula (labor support person). We met up later in the season and talked about ways I could be of help. […]

Andrew and I had been planning for the birth of our first child for two years before her birthday finally arrived. During that time we read extensively about birth and decided that the most important thing to us was giving our baby the kind of welcome to the world that all baby’s received in ancient […]

At 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant and after weeks of contractions and being 4-5 cms dilated I was a bit annoyed that I had woken still pregnant. I mean I had both of my other children on this day of pregnancy. So we went to shops for the day and let the kids play […]