Hi there! My name is Leacoln Bale, and I volunteer for the Kentucky Home Birth Coalition. I’m an eastern Kentucky native who packed up and moved to the big city of Louisville. Here, I met and married my husband and gave birth to our first child, Ellie, at home. My husband and I are currently expecting our second child and are planning another CPM-attended home birth this winter. I first became interested in home birth when I found that my wishes and…
Thank you for sharing your story, Crystal! There I was, four days past my “due date” on a very hot August night. My husband was working in the room next to me, and I was bouncing away on my exercise ball. I stood up and had a twinge of pain that stopped me in my tracks; I had no idea that was the start of my labor. We began to eat supper while watching our favorite show. I was so…
By popular demand, we are having two online auctions in 2017! Donations requested by May 15. Our most popular fundraiser is BACK! You asked for it, so here it is! This year we will have a second online auction on June 3-10, 2017. This will be in addition to our usual annual online auction in the fall. Proceeds from the online auction will provide a major funding source for our advocacy during the 2018 Kentucky legislative session. We are proud…