It is common in our system for a doctor or midwife to recommend that a woman's water (amniotic sac) be artificially broken during labor if it hasn't broken on its own. The idea is that it will quicken the labor and cause the baby to be born faster. Often, women will even be erroneously and unethically promised this. This procedure is technically termed an amniotomy. Sometimes it's also referred to as AROM (artificial rupture of membranes), "rupturing her", or "breaking her wa

Theresa shared with us her first birth story here. Today we're excited to share her most recent birth, her third son born at home! I...

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...

In our system, it has become normal for a woman to have her cervix routinely checked at prenatal appointments as she reaches full term...