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...]

Labor of Love: My First Lesson as a Parent

We went to labor classes, and I was all excited. I could do this, no epidural, no drugs. I'd run a marathon, I have a high pain threshold. I was all set mentally for this approach. As it turned out, labor itself was enough of a marathon. One month to be exact. Did you know you … [Read more...]

Labor of Love: Pitocin and the Umbilical Cord

I decided early on in my pregnancy that I would have an epidural if need be. I fully support anyone who has a natural birth, but for me that was a level of pain that I did not wish to experience. Funny how best laid plans always go awry isn't it? So we were two weeks from our … [Read more...]