Third unassisted home birth, after one hospital birth of twins. This being my third home birth, I wasn’t worried about where the baby would be born, and if the other children would be present. My twin daughters are thirteen, they were allowed to watch, but my two sons went to their aunt’s house. The contractions […]
Surprise! “The Midwife didn’t make it.”
A surprise, unassisted home birth, 13 years after 4th hospital birth. The midwife didn’t make it. My husband M. and I have 5 children. The first 4 were born in a hospital with very nice, uncomplicated births. At that time (1977, ’79, ’81, ’84), I didn’t realize that home birthing was an option. I did […]
Two Unassisted After Three Hospital births
This time would not be an induction, I knew! It was more than just digging in my heels against the system; I felt deep inside the wrongness of losing patience with God’s timetable, of arbitrarily deciding “I want to have my baby now” and forcing the baby to come whether he is ready or not. […]
Unassisted home birth, after 3 hospital births
Hi, I’m MaryJo. On April 10th, 1998, Abigail Grace entered this world QUICKLY! We got the ‘Heart and Hands‘ book and found it to be very complete! We had also asked my friend, Tracie, to assist, since I helped her, and since she has home birthed her last two! Well, on April 3rd, I lost […]
My Birth Journey Includes Unassisted VBA4C
My birth journey is a long one, but how could it be short when there are 9 births? I had 4 c-sections, then 3 midwife-attended VBACs at home, 1 planned unassisted VBAC, then another planned unassisted with transfer for delivery. Baby #1 My name is Ann. It was 1979 and my first baby was supposedly three […]
Planned unassisted but transfered for delivery
We planned an unassisted birth with our third child after having 2 hospital births. During the pregnancy, I had made a birth plan that included delivering the way I want and no unnecessary meds. The dr that I ended up with was the one I didn’t like. She wouldn’t let me deliver upright and numbed […]