Category Archives: Birth

A Beautiful Natural Water Birth Caught on Video

Louisiana mom Brikea Searile posted this gorgeous video of her water birth and it has quickly gone viral. Brikea’s partner, Marcus, acts as a support throughout the birth, massaging and coaching her while Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys play in the background. I had a water birth and, boy, did this bring back memories. Especially…

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5 Ways to Prepare Your Mind and Soul for Natural Birth

By Lindsey Avink Birth is transformative.  Nails grow beautiful from prenatal vitamins.  Our bellies stretch wider than we believed they could and leave marks forever.  Later, we grow muscles from carrying carseats and wearing babies.  And the breasts – who knew! Yoga, squatting, breathing exercises, lotion on the tummy.  We focus a lot on our…

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Why I Chose a Midwife Over a Doctor

By Alicia Barnes My birth was my mother’s third c-section. The doctor told her when he touched the scalpel to her scar, she split open. “It’s a good thing you didn’t bump into any tables, ” he said, alluding her belly would have ruptured. I grew up hearing that story and believing that childbirth was…

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I Had a Drug-Free Home Birth and Loved It

By Alicia Barnes It had been an exhausting week, and I was 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant. My husband Daniel and I were looking out the window, waiting until there was more light than dark in the sky to call my midwife again. We didn’t want to bother anyone, but we thought things might be…

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