Midwife Stories

I had a BABY!!!!
Hello everyone, I had a BABY!!! This last Friday, February 3, 2006… It was totally amazing!!!!!!!!!!!   I woke up early Friday morning having what I knew were no longer Brackston Hicks contractions.  I started doing my hypnobirthing techniques and just actually enjoyed...
The Birth of Ezra Shea
Easter weekend, I had loads of Braxton-Hicks contractions, so I was pleasantly surprised when I woke Tuesday morning, 4-14-09, to a different kind of contraction.  Starting around 5 a.m. the contractions felt a bit more painful, lingering in the small of my back and across my entire belly,...
The pushing itself was wonderful!
I always love the look on people’s faces when they come into my home for the first time and I casually mention that my son was born right over there in the dining room.  It amuses me when someone says I must be crazy or very, very brave.  I just think giving birth to my...