Kentucky Birth Coalition

Join us in Frankfort!

Wednesday, January 13  8:30 AM – 1:00 PM KHBC is holding a lobbying day in Frankfort! We will have a meeting room reserved and we want as many supporters as possible from all across the state to join us. Our specific meeting location will be: The Capitol Annex Building (directly behind the Capitol) Room 113- this room will be our “home base.” Please watch for updates in case our room changes. Click here for directions and parking information. We will…

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Liam’s Birth Story

Thank you, Jimi for sharing your central-Kentucky Home Birth story! At 11pm, October 17, 2010, I was saying goodnight to my husband. He was rubbing my belly and telling our baby that any time now would be OK to be born. I was having Braxton Hicks contractions, but nothing regular or even intense. I told him I felt our time was up for maternity photos. It seemed any day our child would come. Not today, mind you, but soon. The…

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Magnolia’s Birth Story

Thank you to Erin for sharing her Louisville-area home birth story. Pregnant with my 4th baby, with 3 little girls underfoot, the question on everyone’s mind was “is this a boy?”  Every friend, family member, and stranger we came across wanted to know.  But, we didn’t know the answer until a beautiful Sunday morning in July. We found out we were pregnant in mid-November of 2012.  I have a history of faint positives on the tests, so when I tested…

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