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...
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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...
Mary's Birth Center Birth of Baby Saoirse and the Power of a Provider Switch
I had my first baby at a birth center on August 15, 2021. I had such an incredibly empowering experience all thanks to switching my...
Hillary's Advent Home Birth with a Shoulder Dystocia
On November 10th, I was officially 37 weeks pregnant with my second child. That meant I could legally have my planned midwife-assisted...
The Precipitous Hospital Birth of Michael Joseph
(Alternate title: The Birth Story That Took Longer to Write Than to Actually Happen) I'm sharing another of my own birth stories because...
Emily's Natural Hospital Birth of First Baby Maria
Emily Janaro is a Catholic wife, mother, and doctor of physical therapy student in the beautiful Shenandoah valley of Virginia. She loves...
Leslie's 4th VBAC Hospital Birth of Baby Rose
When we had our first baby 10 years ago, my husband Joe and I took all the classes and read all the books – but we were both completely...
Jackie's Unintentional Unassisted Home Birth of Lucy
After two non-medicated hospital births, we felt called to have our third baby at home. Our first girl and she gave us a run for our...
Theresa's Birth Center Birth of Kadien Palmer
EARLY LABOR I was 41 weeks pregnant and had been anxious for weeks about getting this baby out! I tried everything. One day we almost...
The Home Water Birth of Luke Emmanuel
Throughout this year I'll be sharing my own birth stories on the birthdays of those babies. How wild that today marks ten years since...