I read these words from a mama in Natural Christian Home Births recently, and wanted to respond to it somewhat publicly because I know for a fact that many repeat home-birth mamas experience a similar internal struggle as they approach another birth. Even if their previous home births were not particularly difficult or traumatic. “Help! […]

Lately I’ve been seeing a real uptick in posts on social media (a place I don’t even spend much time) about water birth and all the reasons it is BAD. Here’s one and here’s another. The reasons listed for avoiding water birth are varied. Some of them make sense to me on some level and others seem absurd. But […]

The following is a guest post by the mother of this sweet baby and my sister birthkeeper, Brandy Benson of Wild & Free Birth Wellness. Enjoy her beautiful words below, paired with the photographs I was honored to make, and her video footage. At the end, you’the birth film I made for her, too. Our […]

combine the following ingredients in nearly any order. But the first two ingredients must always go in first, as all the others depend upon them.

If you’re new here, you might not know that I was a birth photographer before I was any other thing in the “birth world.” Before that I was a family photojournalist sort of photographer. The raw, unscripted, unposed stories of people’s authentic lives together at home has always captivated me, so it wasn’t too much […]

Here’s a pro tip: Don’t be too hasty to call in your birth team.

We may become too quick to automatically write off midwives with such credentials without considering the whole picture. We have demonized certification and licensure and lost all sense of nuance around the subject.

reexamining our relationship with “need” as freebirthers and self-sufficient homebirthers by Sister Birth

Have you had a labor that felt like it took much longer than it ought to have taken? (I’m raising my hand!) You may have done all the “right” things in pregnancy to set yourself up for quick and efficient labor: Ate the right things, diligently moved your body, did some spinning babies or other […]

Pointers for first time moms planning a home birth.