To listen to this episode, and more than 300 other birth stories in The Birth Hour archives, join our listener supporter group here! Giving Birth to Twins at Home Rebekah’s third pregnancy (twins!) came as a surprise to her and her husband, Adam; but, it was welcomed, though with some hesitation. The hesitation initially being […]
To listen to this episode, and more than 300 other birth stories in The Birth Hour archives, join our listener supporter group here! After 3 IUI’s and on her 3rd round of IVF Jenica became pregnant! She will never forget the incredible happiness when the blood test came back positive! At 10 weeks, she found […]
To listen to this episode, and more than 300 other birth stories in The Birth Hour archives, join our listener supporter group here! Twin Birth Summary Planned for a hospital vaginal birth (under OB care with an in-house midwife), both boys were head down at 26 weeks; last appointment before induction, both were still head […]
To listen to this episode, and more than 300 other birth stories in The Birth Hour archives, join our listener supporter group here! Vaginal Twin Birth with Baby B Breech Toniette was so surprised to learn that she was having twins! She had previously had homebirths and knew that with twins she would be in […]
To listen to this episode, and more than 300 other birth stories in The Birth Hour archives, join our listener supporter group here! Episode 100 with Megan Tietz I’m so excited to share today’s episode with all you—Episode 100!! So crazy to be saying that and we have the wonderful Megan Tietz on the show […]
Today’s birth story episode features, Jesse Coulter who is going to share the stories of both her son, born at a birth center and her twins who were born vaginally in a hospital. The twins’ birth story is fast and furious as they arrived before the hospital staff even had a change to put the IV in Jesse.
Ashlee, of the 4th Trimester Bodies Project, shares the story of her son’s birth who was born premature at 28 weeks as well as her twin daughters’ birth who suffered from TTTS and were born at 24 weeks. Ashlee’s daughter Aurora didn’t survive and her daughter Nova spent 100 days in the NICU. These stories are intense and have moments of deep sadness so if you are not in the right frame of mind to listen to them right now please pass over this episode and come back to it when you are ready.
In this episode of The Birth Hour, Kimberly Sherman shares the birth story of her twin boys. It’s crazy to me that this was the first time that I actually heard a vaginal twin birth story. I know there are plenty of women who give birth to their twins vaginally but I just hadn’t met one yet, so this was a really special conversation to me.
IMAGINE THAT MOMENT YOUMEET YOUR BABY.HOW DO YOU WANT TO FEEL? Are you worried about navigating today’s birth system or have you had a bad birth experience where your power was taken away from you? You’ve probably read a few books and maybe watched The Business of Being Born. But, despite doing your research, you’re still […]
Anna began trying to conceive shortly after getting married. After trying for about a year, Anna attempted a few cycles on Clomid and Letrozole without success. She moved to a Fertility clinic, where she was incorrectly told that she is too thin, and the doctor won’t do anything until Anna gains at least 15 lbs. After […]
Katy has given birth to two sons, and their birth stories were both remarkably similar and wildly different! In both of her births, Katy was supported by midwives in a hospital setting and was able to use water immersion and nitrous oxide for coping. Her first was an unplanned but joyful pregnancy, culminating in a […]
Rachael’s first birth was a 9 hr unmedicated labor and delivery, but then two months later she had two craniotomies to remove a subdural hematoma. Despite that jarring postpartum experience, she was eager to have another baby, so right around her daughter’s first birthday Rachael and Zane were excited to find out they were pregnant […]
