"I woke up with some back pains and some period-like cramps, but nothing too crazy. So we continued our day, went on our morning walk around the neighborhood, and ran several errands to prepare for...
"I gave birth for the first time at my home in the trust of my body, my lover, our baby, and some warm water.
My path to freebirth began about six years before giving birth. It was when I started...
"It was April 6th, 2022, Gregory’s guess date. A warm and windy spring day in Sedona. The trees and flowers around our property were just starting to bloom.
The morning was kind of a blur-...
The night before my daughter was born, I began to feel contractions while nursing my son to sleep. As soon as he was sleeping, I set up my yoga ball and started to bounce on it and breathe...
"I didn’t know the term freebirth or even that it was an actual practice until halfway through my pregnancy. When I first found out I was about 4 weeks pregnant, it came as a surprise to me...
I met my partner (now husband), Sebastian, a little over a year ago in the middle of the Australian outback at a hellish watermelon farm. Sebastian moved into the donga next to me. I had been...
I had always wanted a homebirth but the cost of midwives is high here in Australia.
When Covid hit and hospital restrictions on support were limited to one person only, my opportunity...
I myself was born in a rather sterile and unnatural fashion--a planned cesarean on a preselected date, ready or not! One thing is for sure, we all have unique birth stories, and I am excited...
My decision to free birth came after accidentally free birthing my first two children, before I knew that it was legal or that people did it intentionally.
When I found out I was pregnant this...
Around 20 weeks pregnant, I made the choice to fire the midwife who had attended my son’s birth. It was during the pandemic, and I refused to have anyone in a mask attending my...
The day that my son was born, my daughter approached me and told me that today was the day that our baby would be born. Sure enough, that night, I was awakened by surges that started around...
