E Book Time! Homebirth—Safe & Sacred
May we continue to enlighten our communities as to the viability and vitality of homebirthing ♥♥♥
Homebirth: Safe & Sacred
And We’re Live!
What more do I need to say? Besides I can’t believe I read my own book out loud and it makes my knees a little wobbly to actually have it out there and available… Gulp! Anyhow. It’s only six bucks, eight cents and two hours, one minute long! Get it! Listen to it! Review it![…]
Hey! Guess What’s Happening!
Homebirth—Safe & Sacred has been recorded and is ALMOST available on Audible! Stay tuned in for updates!
Baby!
“I’ve been criticized for my habit of posting ‘baby’ every time I attend a birth and I’ve been questioned as to the appropriateness of sharing birth photographs and films in public as well, but as long as so much misinformation and misunderstanding regarding homebirth exists—especially among the medical community and ESPECIALLY the way this misinformation[…]
Symbiosis ♥ The Heart & Soul of Midwifery
Another twin birth story from 2010, though this one is as much the story of the heart and soul of midwifery as it is a birth story.
Perspective, Perception, Prejudice
As I continue to share my reasons for writing Homebirth: Safe & Sacred, I’d like to visit the idea of perspective, perception, and prejudice. I mentioned in a post I shared in August about a conversation I had with a hospital-based birthworker about our transfers. I described our encounter this way: She shared a bit[…]
What We Do
I wrote last week I intend to share some of the reasons I decided to write Homebirth: Safe & Sacred. I started with a bit about safety. This time I want to share a bit about sacred. And, of course, that means I’m still sharing about safety. As my friend, Dana McLaren, so aptly put[…]
Carousel
I’d like to spend the next few weeks sharing some of the reasons behind the creation of Homebirth: Safe & Sacred with you. We’ll begin with this one. A reader commented on a Facebook post recently that she wonders if the overuse of birth interventions in American hospitals might be inspired by a desire for[…]
Time With a Teacher
Life recently surprised me with an unexpected gift — a bit of time with a masterful teacher. I spent the entire first week of September doing one of the things people do but dread to do when they’ve written a book. They make a list of people they hope will be willing to endorse it,[…]
Safe and Sacred Birth
Early last fall a family expecting their seventh child contacted me per the possibility of a homebirth. Almost the first thing the dad said was, “Well, I know it’s riskier, but we live way out of the city, and we barely made it to the hospital last time, and my wife just really wants to[…]