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Dear Husband of a Wife Who Really Wants a Home Birth,  Maybe you think this is a crazy thing to want. You’re worried for her safety and the babies because you couldn’t imagine your life without them in it. You don’t know anyone else who hasn’t gone to the hospital to have their kids. Why fix […]

How many weeks gestation is okay to go before inducing labor is advised? Which supplements and interventions are evidence-based? Which positions/manuevers will help to put my baby into optimal LOA position? What alternatives do I have to the glucose test? Where can I get a birth pool and which model is best? How many centimeteres […]

They were all birthed gently at home, these babies of mine. We labored without intervention, and they were born into their familiar bacterial environments, passed straight up to my waiting arms and breasts, cuddled without interruption, and given the best start that I could manage to give them, to the best of my knowledge at […]

I hear some parents express concern about having a home birth because of how messy they anticipate it will be and how hard to clean up. Friends, birth is a little messy no matter where it happens, but it’s really not THAT messy. And the cleanup is quite simple if there’s careful use of disposable […]

Jesus’s death on the cross redeems us from the curse of sin and redeems us once and for all to be adopted into God’s family without condemnation. That much is clear. Where Christians more specifically seem to end up with more disagreement is over whether or not Jesus’ work on the cross redeems us from […]

How birth unfolds is the result of myriad, complex and interactive pieces from every aspect of our self, relationship, and circumstances. It’s probably one of the least straight-forward things we’ll ever do, an experience that simply won’t yield to simplified 5-Step programs for having a perfect birth. Intuition is one of the many pieces of […]

March 2012. The first time I ever entered another woman’s birth space. I was holding my camera and a healthy, open curiosity. I don’t think I’ll ever forget what it was like to intuitively feel the imminence of birth. I didn’t know much at this time, had very little information or tips for using my […]