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...

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