Archives for June 2008

Labor Of Love: Scheduled Induction and An Epidural Love

It's probably going against the grain to be talking about pain medication in a natural parenting blog, and one of the few writers this week that would probably advocate non-natural childbirth; but I always knew that epidural was going to be my drug of choice when the time came to … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: Positive Natural Birthing Experience After Posterior Labor

I was fortunate to have an amazing natural birth experience with my first-born, despite being stuck in a tiny fairly rural hospital in Mississippi. My Canadian OB-GYN was the only one in town who would let me labor without an IV, and while she arrived to catch the baby leaving me … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: My Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean Section (VBAC)

Editor's Note: This VBAC birth story is from guest writer Heather Garvet. Heather blogs at A Mama's Blog, where she has written other posts on C-sections, VBACs, breastfeeding, pregnancy, and birth issues, as well as her two boys. I had a C-section with the birth of my first … [Read more...]

Labor of Love:The Unavoidable C-Section – How to Make a Hospital Birth Feel More Natural

We writers at Eco-Child’s Play are writing about our birth experiences this week. My son’s birth was a fairly traditional hospital birth. It wasn’t until…oh… about a week before my son was born that I started really getting into the natural movement…way to late to do anything but … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: My Son's Water Home Birth and Congenital Heart Defect

One of the things I loved about working with midwives is that each visit lasted 45 minutes. From your sex life to your diet, midwives are very thorough. I have parallel care with an MD for blood work; however, I opted out of most testing. I never had an ultrasound or many of the … [Read more...]