Labor of Love: All Things in Their Own "Sweet" Time

The birth of our second daughter was a lesson in patience, teaching me the lesson that all things in life happen in their in their own good time. And that we, for the most part, have little control over many facets in our lives. Waiting, relaxing, and letting things happen … [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...]