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New York Times article on Homebirth
November 14th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in AMA Resolution, Birth Stories, Home Birth, Responses to the Film ⋅ Comments »
November 13, 2008
Baby, You’re Home
By JULIE SCELFO
SQUATTING in an inflatable pool in the open kitchen of her apartment in Astoria, Queens, a very pregnant Alecia White Scharback, nude except for ...
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Safety and Homebirth
November 12th, 2008 Posted by Cara Muhlhahn, CNM in Home Birth, Midwife Q & A ⋅ Comments »
Q: Can you clarify some of the precautions midwives take to protect the mother and baby if complications arise during labor? At what point does the midwife know and make ...
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I became something more than a mother, I became a Goddess!
November 7th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Amazing Midwives, Birth Stories, Home Birth ⋅ Comments »
July 1st, 2004, under the light of the full moon, at approximately 00:58am Tallulah Rose came into the world. At that very moment, I became something more than a mother, ...
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“Honey…I was thinking…”
October 31st, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Home Birth ⋅ 2 Comments »
That's how it all starts. Your wife, glowing in the aura of pregnancy, gently asks you the question you never expected to hear.
"…maybe we should have this baby at home."
My ...
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Like Thunder Rumbling Through
October 29th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Stories, Home Birth ⋅ Comments »
by KELLY CAMDEN
Being pregnant brought me renewed vitality, but as every mother knows, there comes a time when you have had enough of being pregnant. Maybe it’s your body’s way ...
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Mayra’s 2nd Bump
October 27th, 2008 Posted by Mayra Vazquez Radzinski in Celebrity Births, Home Birth ⋅ 20 Comments »
My husband David and I are expecting our second child on April 21, 2009. This is the same day that our first baby, Luca, was born in 2006. What a ...
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The Birth of Elena: Unassisted Breech Homebirth
October 22nd, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Stories, Home Birth ⋅ 1 Comment »
The "full" story is very long and written on paper (so I can't cut and paste here) and I don't know if anyone would really care about the crazy details, ...
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Home Birth of Twins: No interventions, NICU, or even a visit to the hospital
September 30th, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Stories, Home Birth ⋅ 2 Comments »
I'm the mother of an 8 year old son, born with midwives in a hospital, and 2 year old twin girls, born at home. With my son, I wanted a ...
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Home Birth: What is Legal in NY State?
September 25th, 2008 Posted by Cara Muhlhahn, CNM in Home Birth, Midwife Q & A ⋅ 2 Comments »
Q: Hi, Can you please tell me whether it is considered "illegal" to have a home birth in upstate NY. Does insurance cover it? I am so confused whether ...
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Three children, one tub – all underwater!
September 23rd, 2008 Posted by Other Contributors in Birth Stories, Home Birth ⋅ 1 Comment »
In 2003, my husband and I welcomed our first child, Elissa, into the world. She was born underwater in the “green room” of the Greenhouse Birth Center. Twenty-one ...
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