Pregnancy & Birth

Birth Story: Kristy and Baby Rainy

The second birth story from mom Kristy in Kansas. For anyone who wonders if you can do it differently the second time around, read this second beautiful home birth story from Kristy! [...]

Birth Story: Kristy and Baby Astra

The first of two birth stories from Kristy in Kansas. Let it be an example of the importance of good support for mom and baby! [...]

Fighting For Homebirth (Again)

I've done it once, and it's time to do it again: Taking apart shitty research trying to claim home birth is inherently dangerous. [...]

Birth Story: Allison

Birth stories are awesome. Twin birth stories? Yeah, I just lost myself in excie [...]

Birth Story: Amie from Kansas

"I was in labor for three days (Thursday around noon until Sunday around noon) from the time I started having regular contractions about half an hour apart to the time our son was born. My contractions [...]

The Media and Birth: Influences and Consequences

Obviously I don’t think the media is a sole cause or sole cure for the issues surrounding birth. But I do believe it has a role to play. [...]

The Media and Birth: How the Media Views Birth

Over two posts, I want to look at (1) how the media views birth and then (2) the implications of this view for birthing women. [...]

Something to Prove

Natural birthers have something to prove? It's an attitude that is pervasive in our society, but is it fair? What makes people think that natural birth somehow requires some extra push to try? [...]

Do C-Sections Impair Maternal Responsiveness?

. Herein I’d like to talk about a piece from 2008 that looked at elective c-sections and later maternal responsiveness. Not because I want to cause a stink for those who had a c-section, [...]

Unassisted Birth: Is This How We Were Meant to Birth or Is it Just Plain Crazy?

The primary argument in favour of unassisted birth is that we humans are also animals who instinctually know what to do to give birth and need no assistance from others in doing so. But for [...]