home birth

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    Mother’s Day Reminiscing—Confidence for Birth and for Life

    This Mother’s Day—my first with three daughters—I can’t help but think of their birthdays and the midwives who helped us along the way. With three girls, I’m careful about cultivating an attitude of confidence around the birth experience because how we experience birth can affect us for the rest of our lives. As my daughters…

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    My Breastfeeding Journey after Cesarean and Homebirth

    When I was pregnant with my first baby, I didn’t know very much about breastfeeding. I had heard “breast is best,” but I don’t think I had ever seen anyone breastfeed in real life. I decided that I would give it a shot, but if it didn’t work out, I wasn’t worried about it. Well,…