Birth Stories

Teagan’s Birth Story

Thank you, Genevieve, for sharing Teagan’s birth story! On March 28, 2014, Jared and I found out we were pregnant with baby #3! We were thrilled! After an early ultrasound, we were given a ‘due date’ of November 25th. On November 13, I took my 2 girls (5, and barely 2) to meet my Mom for lunch and then go to the Goodwill. I had been having some contractions throughout the morning, but they weren’t serious. After walking around in…

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The Birth of Mason

Thank you, Morgan, for sharing Mason’s birth story with us!   The Birth of Mason Matthew Mitchell I’ve had a lot of time to think about this post.  Still, it’s difficult to put into words the whole experience of the day Mason was born and really capture my feeling of it.  But I’ll do my best. To my baby boy… Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 started out the same way that all of my other Tuesdays had in the recent past.…

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Dads for Midwives

Thank you to home birth dad, Jared, who shared these thoughts on our Facebook page in December 2014. ——————————————- My wife is asleep with our newest daughter who is now over two weeks old and in perfect health, and I wanted to take time to praise home births and specifically midwives. Now – word of warning- my wife does all my proofreading, so with her asleep who knows what kind of mistakes you will find! But, I felt compelled to…

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