Ancient Wisdom of Birth. By Eve Schwarz The tide swirls around my ankles. I look out at the vast expanse of blue and feel nervous, excited, scared, and overwhelmed all at once. The current pushes and pulls the blue green sea in all directions. My body sways to...
Dear Laurel By Eva Neely Dear Laurel, looking down to you cuddled up and sleeping on my chest, and now 14 weeks old already, I feel so fortunate to have had such an amazing start with you. The anticipation of your birth was unexpectedly a lot harder than with...
Calm birth at Christmas. By Jo Corlett Our expected due time fell right in the Christmas season. For about 3 weeks I had been having Braxton hicks, a building pressure in my hips and bum and I really struggled with sitting, particularly in the car. I had a...
Slow but sure. By Sara Bailey My midwife told me third babies are usually unpredictable. Boy was she right! Our wee boy was due in early January, but I expected him at Christmas (my second baby having come almost 3 weeks early). Christmas came and went; New Year came...
Zachariah’s Birth Story Like most birth stories, this story starts at conception but the unique circumstances of Zach’s conception need telling just as much as the story of the labour and birth. In February 2004, Steve and I had our wedding and we planned to...
Trask From early on in my pregnancy my husband Ben and I had discussed having a homebirth. He was a bit cautious at first but after discussing it with our midwife Linda Shannon we decided as long as we had a trouble-free pregnancy we would go ahead with a homebirth....
