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The Home Birth of Jess

Thanks to Ginny for sharing the home birth story of Jess.  Jess was born in Upton, KY. ———————– I’d had some contractions Sunday 2-5am, and Monday 2-5am. Both times about 3 minutes apart and 40sec long. They started back up about 15min apart about 10am, at which point I’d called my midwife just because I was bummed about being almost 42 weeks and those contractions had been so consistent only to stop. They picked up after that, which I was skeptical about, but at 12:30 I called her back…

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The Home Birth of Leo

Thanks to Megan for sharing the September 2013 home birth story of Leo.  Leo was born in Radcliff, KY. ———————————————- The birth of my first child took place on September 22, 2013 at 1:30 PM in the upstairs master bedroom of our townhouse in Radcliff, KY. Before that day, I spent a couple decades (as long as I can remember) anticipating the time when I hoped to eventually become a mother. I spent years discussing future children with my husband,…

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The Home Birth of Margo

Thanks to Gidget for sharing the 2012 Kentucky home birth story of Margo.  Margo was born in Louisville, KY.  You can read the entire birth story on Gidget’s blog, blueberries for breakfast. “Most of nature, in my eyes, appears to have a scientific order about it, a predictability of sorts.  Birth does not follow this rule; birth is nothing if not completely unpredictable.  One can know every medical and scientific truth regarding the functionality of birth, yet it is all…

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