When Faith Endures
by Jenny Hatch - A challenging, triumphant "couples birth"

Aunt Sarah: Woman of The Dawnland
Excerpts from a book by Trudy Parker

Kyra Monique...A Baby Girl in a Hurry
by Peta Hewitt - Fast, midwife didn't make it; also includes several
more stories of precipitous labors

Birthing Lula - A Perfect Birth
by Cathy Clark - Fast, midwife didn't make it

Single Mother, Unassisted Birth
by Roxanne Bedford - A fast solo birth

We Did it Alone!
by Darlene Navarre - An empowering family birth after a ten-month
pregnancy

Noble’s Birth Story
by Lisa Woods - A beautiful family birth

Isabel’s Birth Story
by Keara Shanahan - Mom caught baby with two-year-old by her side

Maia’s Birth- A Family Celebration
by Sarah Buckley, MD - A wonderful breech waterbirth in Australia

Gabrielle's Birth
by Jennifer Brotherton - A beautiful birth, in spite of "complications"

Happy Endings and Beautiful Beginnings
by Janice DaSilva - A gentle VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)

Kai's Birth Story
by Lisa Bobrow - A powerful first birth in Japan

Home Childbirth: A Triumph of Faith and Knowledge
by Boniface Okezuo - A Christmas Eve birth in Nigeria

A Wonderful Surprise
by Elly Akkermans - This woman didn't know she was pregnant!

The Birth of Sagan Draigh
by Sarah Martin - A beautiful story with lovely photos

A Twin Blessing
by Corey Alicks - Mom caught both babies in water

After Six Medical Births, I Finally Have the Birth I Deserve
by Kim Hudson - A triumphant birth in a horse trough

LOVE - unlike anything I have ever before experienced
by Kathy - A warm and loving "couples birth"

The Birth Story of Donnegal Amber
by Diane Marie - Premature breech, mom caught baby

The Birth I'd Always Dreamed Of
by Lauren Stone - Empowering solo birth

Banana Bread Baby
by Julie Bowman - Fast labor, mom caught baby while baking banana bread!

A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
by Shereen Haines - A Bradley birth in a car

Facing the Dragon
by Michelle - Overcoming fears brings joyful family birth

India Comes to the US
by Kathleen Wishart - An "unassisted" hospital birth

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