Category Archives: Birthing Options

Alternatives to a hospital birth like: midwives, home birth, water birth and natural birth.

Home births ‘as safe as hospital’

Here’s a very interesting article on the safety of homebirth, from a country that has one of the highest infant mortality rates in Europe. The study was done to see if home births were contributing to that rate. Happily, home … Continue reading

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Have You Had a VBAC?

I just got word that one of my friends is doing a survey on women who have had VBACs (which stands for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean), in conjunction with the ICAN network. If you have had a VBAC, and would … Continue reading

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Water Birth Story

I know many of you are interested in water births. Here is my story of how our second daughter was born and everything went so smoothly. A water birth really worked well for us! If you want to see pictures … Continue reading

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Mothers and Babies First

Here’s an article describing the UK’s plans to increase mothers’ choices in how and where they will be able to deliver their babies. It’s great to see that home birth is right up there with the option to birth at … Continue reading

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