Pushba had her baby!
Because how could I not report the birth of my favorite Russian mama’s second child?! From what I can tell from Google Translator, Pushba gave birth last week to a health boy named Elisey via emergency c-section.
A homebirth accompanied by birds
Everyone that came to the house the day of Miren’s birth remarked on the birds. I know that, in and of themselves, they have no meaning. But in my mind, they became a symbol of all that I had gained… and all that I now stood to lose.
Was it Moctezuma’s revenge? Nope: I was just in labor.
Molly recently published a post on Offbeat Mama about ditching the U.S. health care system in favor of Mexico’s to have her second child — here’s how it went!
Walking through the Land of Birth: how our daughter came into the world
Throughout the preceding ten hours of labour, I had not moved, not spoken, not even opened my eyes or mouth to speak. I was meditating. I was CalmBirthing. I was the Birthing Buddha.
A midwife’s totally fabulous high-tech birth
Can a midwife who have a REALLY AWESOME hospital birth? You betcha!
Stop “trying to be good” in your birth choices
“The more I talked with my doula, the more I realized that not scheduling an induction, not having an epidural, etc. was me trying to be good. Trying to do it right…”
Lessons from a home birth turned hospital birth
My experience at the hospital changed me. I was so judgmental of that way of birthing beforehand, so sure that my way was better. But my hospital birth has made me less judgmental. Not just about birth, but about everything.
Achieving a love-filled homebirth
Amy and her partner, Mary, planned a homebirth with their first son, but circumstances didn’t work in their favor. Happily for them, their second son’s birth took place in their home.