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An Unplanned Cesarean Birth

Joanne Fouts with her newborn baby
This is the story of how, as a med school student who had participated in several hospital deliveries, we made the decision to have a home birth. But during labor at home, it was discovered our baby was occiput posterior. After 36 hours of labor, we headed to the hospital. »

Apr 04, 2012 : Birth Stories :

In my adult life, I have never taken better care of myself than when I was pregnant with my last baby, and under the care of the Willowsong Midwives at Healing Passages Birth Center. My prenatal appointments covered all the nutritional information I needed, but more than that, I felt so cared for that it inspired me to care for my body, and thus my baby, in a way I never had before. Read more »

Louisa D.