Comments on: Labor of Love: A Series of Birth Stories and Commentary on Natural Birth

By: Labor of Love Week Give Away: Win a Pair of IsaBooties or an Envirosax!

Labor of Love Week Give Away: Win a Pair of IsaBooties or an Envirosax! — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:51:05 +0000

[...] might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.As part of Eco Child’s Play Labor of Love series on birth stories, natural birth, hospital births, and home births, our writers will be sharing their birthing and [...]

By: Abigail

Abigail — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:04:46 +0000

We live in St. Barthelemy, FWI and are not “permitted” to give birth on this island according the the French social medical system. In addition, there are no emergency services at the hospital for newborns. Therefore, we are forced to leave the island to birth. The closest island (St. Martin) is equipped with an excellent hospital but I just was not up to birthing again with someone I didn’t chose personally, in another culture and language and with an epidural (80%). I am American living abroad and already birthed my daughter in Rome, Italy with no choice of hospital or OBGYN. The key words for me here were NO CHOICE. For my son, I CHOSE a dutch midwife to come to the French side of St. Martin, closer to the hospital and help deliver my baby in room 705 of a local hotel. Basically, I chose a clandestine birth. It was so beautiful to labour with walks on the beach with my husband and daughter and when I began to transition I simply stepped inside my hotel room. The funny part of the story was when I CHOSE (there’s that word again) the bathroom floor to deliver. I was forcefully moaning for about 45 minutes and we were all worried about the other hotel guests. After my first push, (on the bathroom floor and just next to the front door of the room) we heard a knock on the door. In all my research on natural birth I was led to believe that transition made you pretty much lose your head. Well, when we heard the knock at the door and just after my first push….we all had enough thought to look at each other (doula, midwife, husband and myself) and say “shhhhh”!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily, it was simply my sister-in-law with a suprise visit. Alexander was born with two more pushes just after. The hotel never suspected that I’d planned the delivery and were delighted to have a new life born in room 705. It was by far the most beautiful experience of my life thus far and I sooo wish that other women had more support and possibilities to birth naturally without worrying about security or being judged.

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“Smokey the Bear” turns 65! : Eco Child’s Play — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:26:13 +0000

[...] nostalgic bear that educates the public on the dangers of wildfires turns 65, today. Smokey Bear’s first public poster release was August 9, 1944. In case you [...]

By: Announcing the Labor of Love Winners : Eco Child’s Play

Announcing the Labor of Love Winners : Eco Child’s Play — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:25 +0000

[...] to all of our writers, guest writers, and readers that shared their birth stories as part of our Labor of Love series. It’s been a difficult week for me with wildfires surrounding my home, and the birth stories [...]