Posted on June 3, 2019 by nicolepeyton
I just want to preface this story and say that this is MY BIRTH STORY and this is what happened to me. Everyone has a different experience, everyone has different trials, pain management levels, long labors, short labors, home births, vbacs, cesareans, etc. I’m… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Lennox Haven”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: baby girl, birth, birth center birth, birth project, birth story, doula, empowered birth, inspire birth, midwife, placental abruption, water birth
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 May 1, 2019 by nicolepeyton
I want to preface this by saying every single birth is magical, and every single woman who brings a human into this world is a damn powerhouse. This is just my story, so please, before reading any further, if you have given birth before,… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Jade Harper Ortlieb”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth center birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, empowered birth, inspire birth
Posted on April 2, 2019 by nicolepeyton
The universe has a plan and it may not be yours. At 39 weeks and 6 days pregnant, it certainly is not following my plan. Tonight, per my doctor’s strong recommendation, I am getting induced. The primary reason is because I have a velamentous… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Charlee Elaine Sperrey”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth project network, birth story, birth support, empowered 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 January 12, 2019 by nicolepeyton
On Wed., Sept. 6, I went to prenatal yoga. I had been waiting months for it to be my turn for the class to chant to me. The class will chant to any mama who is close to her due date to help get… Continue Reading “Birth Story Of Wyatt Owen Linehan”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, empowered birth, inspire birth, vaginal birth
Posted on January 5, 2019 by nicolepeyton
The Struggle Oh boy, where do I even begin this story? I guess at the beginning … or maybe even a little before Mr. Dreyer was in the making. Early in 2016, Darson and I had determined we were ready to take on… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Dreyer Lee Grantham”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, birth video, empowered birth, fertility, inspire birth, pregnancy, raw birth, vaginal birth
Posted on December 4, 2018 by nicolepeyton
Meredith and Liz Callahan recently welcomed their second baby into the world. As a lesbian couple, they have come to expect the questions they get asked about conception: “How did you do it?” “Am I even allowed to ask?” Their first baby was conceived… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Hugh Archer Whipple Callahan”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, empowered birth, inspire birth, lesbian birth, LGBTQ, lgbtq birth, Second born
Posted on November 19, 2018 by nicolepeyton
I want to start by saying I had grand romanticized notions of childbirth, and this overachieving idea that I would write my birth story while in labor and keep a journal for my son to read one day as a way to give him… Continue Reading “Birth Story of Callahan Alexander Bruner”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, empowered birth, humorous birth, inspire birth, vaginal birth
Posted on November 6, 2018 by nicolepeyton
It’s Sept. 28, 2010, and it’s a perfect 91 degrees F in Athens, Greece, a great beach day. I mean, why not? So what if I’m 85 lb. over my normal weight and have high blood pressure and I’m 9 months pregnant—a beach day… Continue Reading “Beach Day: Birth Story of William Alexandros Tuddenham”
Category: Birth StoriesTags: athens, birth, birth project, birth story, birth support, c-section, empowered birth, greece, greek birth, inspire birth