Thank you to Carolina for sharing the 2011 Kentucky home birth story of Hazel. Hazel was born in Pikeville, KY. Her full birth story is on Carolina’s blog, Life Through the Looking Glass, so click on over there to read the whole thing! —————————————————————- “Few things in my life have had an impact as profound as the birth of my daughter. Hazel May came into this world quickly, after weeks of prodromal labor and 9 months of an uncomfortable pregnancy.…
My name is Kimberly Henderson, and I’m a new arrival in Kentucky from the Finger Lakes Region of New York. I have no biological children as of yet, but I have two beautiful soon-to-be step-sons; Stuart, who is two, and Joel, who is four. I am a nurse, and a long-time doula and birth activist. My partner, Anders, and I live on a beautiful farm in Northeastern Kentucky. We have an fledgling herbal business, Elderflower Herbs. Anders and I have…
My name is Susan Kennedy and I am a mother of two young boys in Louisville, KY. We moved to Louisville, my husband’s home town, shortly after the birth of my first son 6 years ago. I was pleased with Louisville’s independent spirit, its friendly community of like-minded mamas, and the prevalence of neighborhood parks and yoga studios. In the four years between my first son’s birth and my second pregnancy, I heard little about midwifery in Kentucky. After searching…