Thank you, Amy, for sharing your Kentucky Home Birth Story. This story begins weeks before my due date. I was feeling particularly sick of being pregnant. This is a feeling I was not  unfamiliar with, but I had hit the proverbial wall much sooner than in previous pregnancies. A combination of fatigue, extreme heartburn, pelvic pain, and being the primary caregiver for two young children likely contributed. I’m not a huge fan of cervical checks before the due date because…