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 […]
An unplanned, unassisted home birth
(Two hospital births, then an unplanned, unassisted home birth. She says they would love to have a planned, unassisted home birth next time.) My name is April and I want to tell you how thrilled I am about the birth of my daughter, Katie. I started to write about it but kept thinking back to […]