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Secondary Infertility: An Emotional Journey You've already had one child, so conceiving the second should be no problem, right? Not necessarily. Many women face infertility when trying for a second child. |
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A New Mom at 50 This baby was a complete surprise. I'd tried to have another baby after my son was born when I was 41, but after four miscarriages I finally gave up hope that I would have another child. |
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Anatomy Of A Miracle A mother learns after bedrest and a lengthy labor the true anatomy of a miracle. |
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Opening My pregnant belly had been experiencing a lot of activity for more than a week, each time teasing me into thinking the baby was coming. |
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Third Time's the Charm Birth number three finally took this mom home. |
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Not in Kansas Anymore An American gets an up-close look at Germany's medical system when she finds herself pregnant a week after moving to Munich. |
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Portrait of a Tree, Taking Root I have never been known for my patience, and yet here I am, in waiting, in unbearable anticipation. Our first baby is now five days late. |
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As Orion Watched The Great Hunter looked down on the English moorlands and the little town of Totnes, overseeing the birth of my grandson who would be named Orion Reed. |
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Blessings of Homebirth The legacy of my uncomplicated, unassisted homebirth of unexpected twins is my conviction to tell this birth story again and again. |
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A Crunchy Mama Finds Her Way in the NICU A home-birthing mom navigates the NICU after her twins were born premature. |
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Reckoning with Birth The pregnancy was not planned. I went to the drugstore wanting to buy tampons, but purchased a pregnancy test instead. |
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Together An expectant mother goes into labor as her husband is hospitalized with double lobar pneumococcal pneumonia. |
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Our Home is a Shrine to the Birth of our Child The stairs outside the front door are those that Ahri walked up and down to open her hips for the baby's journey. A father's perspective on homebirth. |
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Awakening We stay in bed for weeks sleeping, nursing, writing, and trying to stay warm in our drafty Victorian house. I read her Sylvia Plath's Morning Song, silly poems by Shel Silverstein, and sonnet-like praises I've written for her. |
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House o' Birth: A Journal on Becoming an Ama I am clear with Corina that this is her time to be in control, and that though she's invited me to the birth, if she doesn't want me there, at any time, she must let me know. |
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The Birth of Kai We went for a long walk in the neighborhood, and in a little over two hours, at 4:49 p.m., Kai James Lim was born in our living room. His eyes were a dark blue, his hair tinged with red, and he weighed a bouncing 8 pounds, 6 ounces. |
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Off Her Back The summer I learned I was pregnant, the notion of making a commitment to natural delivery in a birth center was furthest from my mind. |
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Juicy Labor "We're not sure your water has really broken," she said, and asked if I wanted some juice. I said I wanted to push, but no one except Jon seemed to hear me. |
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Bringing Homebirth into the Hospital A resolute couple has a natural breech birth. |
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Walter's First Days: A Story of Fear and Hope When Walter was born I expected to relax, lean back in my bed, and be waited on hand and foot. But things don't always go as planned. |
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Willingness is the Key: A Birth Story When we enter the birth setting with love in our hearts and the willingness to be open and receptive, the outcome is a natural and painless childbirth. |
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VBAC Victory! Although I was never happy about the cesarean section I had in my first pregnancy, I at first accepted it...more than a year later, regrets about my C-section surfaced for the first time. |
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Birth Stories Share in the warmth and emotion of giving birth to a baby. |
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