Posted on August 4, 2020 by nicolepeyton
After an undesirable hospital experience with my first, I started researching home birth. Never thinking it was a real option for me. My research showed me it could be an option for anyone who wanted it! My mother had always said absolutely no to… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Nevin DaSilva”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth story, birth support, boy mom, cord blood, empowered birth, home birth, midwife, midwifery, second birth, strong mom, unmedicated birth, vaginal birth, water birth
Posted on April 11, 2020 by nicolepeyton
With Michelle Tagge and Nicole Peyton Michelle Tagge gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Ashlynn, on March 17. Ashlynn was born at home in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has led much of the world to institute… Continue Reading “Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum During COVID-19”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth story, coronavirus, covid-19, featured, home birth, postpartum care
Posted on February 24, 2020 by nicolepeyton
Asher Lucas Hosburgh was born Sept. 1, 2013, at 7:30 a.m. He weighed 7 lb., 4 ounces, measured 20 inches, and was full of hair. He was a super vigorous baby, kicking, punching, and even rolling early on. Asher means “blessed” or “happy,” which… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Asher Lucas Hosburgh”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: baby boy, birth, birth story, birth support, crossfit, fit mama, fit pregnancy, fitness, home birth, labor and delivery
Posted on January 30, 2020 by nicolepeyton
My first contraction came and went at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 16. I wrote it off as gas as we were at a family Christmas party and no way did I think labor would start while I was there. A half hour later… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Landon Harkema”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, doula, home birth, midwife, motherhood
Posted on May 27, 2019 by nicolepeyton
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, The BIRTH Project Network held its first-ever online meet-up. This inaugural meet-up covered the topic of home births, and featured an experienced home-birth midwife as the subject matter expert. Click here to learn how you can participate in upcoming… Continue Reading “The BIRTH Project Network Meet-up: Home Births”
Category: UncategorizedTags: birth, birth project, birth project network, birth story, birth support, birth trauma, empowered birth, home birth, inspire birth
Posted on February 22, 2019 by nicolepeyton
After the birth of my son in December of 2014, I told Alex, my husband, that I didn’t want to talk about having another baby for about three (3) years. Low and behold, 3 years and 2 months later, on Feb. 7, 2018, I… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Barrett Amelia Walker”
Posted on November 28, 2018 by nicolepeyton
For most of my pregnancy with my first child, I was planning a natural hospital birth with midwives present. At about 24 weeks, when I was supposed to take the gestational diabetes test, I started to have second thoughts. I had done a lot… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Connor Patrick Tagge”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, birthday, home birth, unmedicated birth, vaginal birth
Posted on October 29, 2018 by nicolepeyton
On July 26, 2014, I woke up at about 6:30 a.m. with menstrual-type cramping. I had been having this for a few days and just laying down with a heating pad usually sent it away. I got up and took a nice long, hot… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Henry Young”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, empowered birth, home birth, inspire birth, vaginal birth
Posted on September 11, 2018 by nicolepeyton
I did it! I gave birth to my son Miles Christopher Shelley at my midwife’s home, no drugs, all natural, on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at 1:37 p.m.—one day before my birthday! He weighed 7 lb., 7 oz. My birth experience was not anything… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Miles Christopher Shelley”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth story, home birth, natural birth
Posted on August 28, 2018 by nicolepeyton
Living in Wesley, Iowa, which is a rural area where everyone does everything the same (or at least that’s how it seems) already had me feeling upset. It felt like I was answering question after question about planning a home birth. What happens if… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Wren Heinold Arndorfer”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth story, empowered, home birth, inspire birth