I recently
wrote about my birth story if you want all the details, but in short, yes, it was really that long!
I was debating about whether or not to
write about my birth story of sweet baby Josephine, Do people like reading other peoples birth stories?
Not exact matches
It wasn't just
about the subject matter — although it's tricky to
write about such a tender and intimate time in a person's life, to tell your own
story while still holding space for
stories that are so different than your own, to attempt to shepherd people well in the liminal spaces of their faith journeys — but it was also just the season of life with being pregnant with our fourth and then giving
birth and suddenly having four tinies between the ages of 9 and newborn meant I had a lot less time with a lot less energy (and even less sleep!)
I am
writing out her
birth story tonight while it's still fresh (read: I'm still crying
about it) and I can't wait to share more with you, my beautiful village.
I'll
write about how the Apostle Paul himself never shied away from the metaphors of pregnancy and
birth, finding rich parallels in our
stories for life in Christ.
I've also
written about planning for a home
birth and my home
birth story.
I've also
written extensively
about my research regarding home
birth and my own home
birth story as well.
I have literally never seen (or
written) a
story about an unmedicated
birth shared on a social media feed without somebody chiming in to tell the writer that what they're saying is somehow wrong, no matter how many disclaimers they include
about how much they understand and respect other people's right (or need) to
birth differently.
Karen Brody
wrote Birth after interviewing 118 women across America about their birth sto
Birth after interviewing 118 women across America
about their
birth sto
birth stories.
I felt it was important to
write about her
story because there are ways to make a hospital
birth, even a C - section, if you or your OB feel it's necessary, more «natural» and feel less like medical intervention.
Yesterday we
wrote about a somewhat similar
story about Jessica Rotter and Briana Guerrero, a mother - daughter pair in Illinois who gave
birth to baby boys just six hours apart — also in adjoining hospital rooms.
It honestly feels like moments ago that I was sat at this computer
writing Alex's
birth story and it just feels completely crazy that I am now
about to
write his one year update!
Maybe it was a mistake that your wife made to make those postings public, but something good has come out from it because these
stories, even though it's painful to be
written about, these
stories need to be told, because the midwives and home
birth community are not talking
about these risks.
I will
write up my
birth story next week and tell you all
about Jett's coming into this world; but for now I will leave you with this picture ~
In an excerpt on Slate, she
wrote about reading other women's
birth stories, and how those women had baked and watched TV to distract themselves.
I have often thought
about writing a book filled with
birth stories.
I asked her to tell me
about her work and what she has noticed
about women's efforts to
write their
birth stories.
One evening, while chastising myself for slacking off on this important parenting /
birth activist / blogger task, I got to wondering
about birth stories as a social phenomenon: Why do (some) women
write their
birth stories?
Almost half of the BWF readers who contacted me also
wrote about the struggles they faced in
writing their
birth stories, and as some mothers have asked, «Why would you want to
write about that?
It's important how women go through it, if they are going to be very individual, some women like to talk
about it or to
write their
birth stories, and some women may need to consider counseling to help them work through things.
And in the meantime, here's a little
story about our
birth at home that I wrote for the Home Birth Association magazine, that might show how relaxed and beautiful it ca
birth at home that I
wrote for the Home
Birth Association magazine, that might show how relaxed and beautiful it ca
Birth Association magazine, that might show how relaxed and beautiful it can be.
In a sensitive and deeply reported cover
story that begins on page 26, journalist Francine Russo examines the latest research and an ongoing debate among clinicians
about how best to help children and adolescents with gender dysphoria — what experts describe as the «insistent, consistent and persistent» sense that one's sex is not what was
written on the
birth certificate.
I've shared intimate details of my
birth stories, revealed the dark side of blogging, and exposed the extent of my crunchiness
writing about menstrual cups...