Okay, so we don’t usually call it “DIY birthing.” The common term is “unassisted homebirth” (sometimes “unassisted childbirth” or “freebirth”). Which is still a bit of a misnomer, as most of us unassisted birthers are not alone. But the term refers to birthing without the assistance of a trained birth assistant (obstetrician, midwife, etc.). Is […]
Sophia’s Birth Story
Sophia’s Birth Story Throughout the weekend of my “due date,” (Friday/Saturday/Sunday), I had contractions off and on. I did get the impression that they were might be “doing something,” different from the Braxton-Hicks contractions I’d been having for months. There was more pressure or they were concentrated in a different place, or I could feel […]
Ariel’s Birth Story
I’m not much of a “birth story” person. Unless there is something exceptionally unusual about a given birth (like the one on YouTube where a mama delivered an unexpected twin!), I have no particular interest in reading birth stories. Which means it doesn’t typically occur to me to share mine, either. But in honor of […]