Planning, Protocols, and Processing - Julia's Natural Hospital Birth of First Baby Mary
As someone who likes to plan and prepare, I started doing research and reading books as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I decided by...
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Learning to Lean In - Eileen's Three Natural Births at Birth Center and Home
Birth is the most incredible thing ever. I just love it and am so honored to have been given the gift of natural birth. Three births...
A Transformative Decision and Peaceful Breath of Life: Allie's Home Birth of Gerard Joseph
Background: With our first pregnancy, we began on a typical route with an OB office. We loved our OB but after reading Made for This and...
St. Zélie’s Intercession for Kianna’s Natural Hospital Birth
If you had asked me almost two years ago, when I was preparing for the birth of my first-born daughter, if I would ever have a natural,...
Grace, Effort, and God's Mysterious Ways - Aubrey's Hospital VBA2C of Genevieve Rose
“You know, you can try for a vaginal birth next time. My wife had both a cesarean and then a VBAC and everything went well.” I was half...
My Body Given Up for You: Christine's Redemptive Home Birth After Trauma and Loss
The birth of my daughter four years ago left me with much trauma. It was my first ever birth and although I chose a birth center with a...
Because of Her Joy: Carissa's Hospital Water Birth of Zelie Grace
I was more than ready for baby number two to make their grand entrance into the world. I hit my due date on Monday, March 15 and started...
43 Weeks, Long Labor, and "Big" Baby: Cassandra's Home Water Birth of Anna Rose
As we approached our due date of August 4th, I felt comfortable and calm. My heart was filled with excitement but I felt entirely content...
From Hospital to Birth Center to Home: Kendall's Redemptive Birth of Baby Dominic
Background: My first birth was a classic 32 hour hospital induction with the cascade of interventions. I had complications that left me...
Leah's Home Birth of Second Baby Ada Jane
It was October 6th and I had no signs of labor at all. I had been trying for weeks to keep my peace about her coming whenever she was...
A Birth of Surrender - Dana's Home Birth of Xavier
Back story: We gave birth to our first son Lorenzo in the hospital at the peak of COVID regulations, during the time of lockdown. The...
The Precipitous Home Birth of Adam Kolbe
It was a hot and beautiful summer evening one year ago that our Adam Kolbe exploded into the world. I'm sharing the last of my birth...
The Home Water Birth of Peter Simon Lolek
Four years ago today our sixth son Peter was born! So here's his birth story! Just one left to complete them all, I promise ;) We knew...
Erin's *Three Hour* Natural First Birth with Cholestasis
I found out I was pregnant on September 29th, 2021, the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel! I was so excited to be pregnant, but...
Falling Into Home Birth: The Birth of My First Baby John Paul
My first born baby is now somehow a young man and celebrates his 18th birthday today! So here is his birth story - how I fell into home...
Happy, Healthy, Holy: Elizabeth's Speedy Hospital Birth of Rainbow Baby Edith Therese
Leading up to birth... Late in my third trimester, I sat at the dining room table with my husband and said somewhat mournfully, “I’d...
Born Breech: The Birth of Benedict Raphael
Time for another of my own birth stories because this baby somehow turns seven tomorrow! Benedict is my fifth son on earth and the one...
From Hospital to Home: Mary's Home Water Birth of Her Second Baby
I think it's important to begin by saying that I grew up in a very typical American household; my family ate a standard American diet...
Sweetest Morning: The Home Birth of David Dominic
This birth story is one of my own as we celebrate this birth day exactly 13 years ago when at 4:47 a.m. David Dominic was born into the...
Maggie's Birth Center Birth of Damian Champion
I had given birth twice in two different states already and it was actually when I was pregnant with my second while living in the Upper...
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