After my daughter Eleanor turned 18 months, my husband and I decided that we wanted to try for our second baby. We were surprised when we...

First a little backstory: I had three hospital births prior to my home birth. Each of them were pretty smooth, fairly quick labors, and I...

Allie previously shared her second birth story with Made for This Birth. You can find that story here! Our Discernment to Homebirth We...

Allegra shared the beautiful and redemptive story of her second birth in our last birth story post that you can read here. Today she's...

Who gets to decide how you give birth? Who gets to determine what position you are in, how “adequate” your contractions are, how much...

Mary's first birth shares about a traumatic cascade of interventions that may be difficult if you are in a sensitive place preparing for...