Last week I did a prenatal in a woman’s home. Her four children were in the room. As I got ready to listen to the baby’s heartbeat with the Doppler, the three-year-old (whose birth we had also attended) says, “I’ll get you a tissue” — to wipe off the ultrasounds gel. Children are so . . . → Read More: Kids at Birth

I met Deana at a party when she was seven months pregnant with her second child.  Her first two babies had been horrendous hospital births and she was looking forward to something different this time.  (I’m sorry the state midwife director made me remove most of this story.)

In June 1994, Deana was . . . → Read More: Doing it Her Way