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The birth of Ferris, with Nina and Kelley

July 21, 2014 by Choice

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I’ll start my story off by mentioning that my first baby was a planned home water birth with a non-Choice midwife.  I ended up having to transfer, getting an epidural, and getting an unexpected hospital birth instead.  It bothered me for a long time despite my hospital experience not being so bad. I was technically…

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Everyday Graces

July 21, 2014 by Choice

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Everday Graces     Grace (noun): unmerited favor [of God].  I have a certain preoccupation with this word, and the way that it has worked its way into my life, through my faith, the beauty of humanity, and once I became a mother, through my children.  I remember with fondness feeling the full weight of this unmerited…

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The birth of a Mother, and a sweet baby boy!

July 18, 2014 by Choice

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It was August 9th 2013 and as I sat with Ty smoking what would be my last cigarette ever, I looked at him and said “So, there is a possibility that I may be pregnant…” My period was 3 days late and I’m NEVER late. (In fact, I almost wanted to change the date of…

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Elliott Francis

July 17, 2014 by Choice

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Week 37 and 4days, at 2:30 AM I though I heard glass breaking so I went downstairs (after justin and the dogs checked it out first). I saw the problem, the cat had knocked her bowl down. I bent down to clean it up and when I stood up a gush of water came out!…

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Eleora Joy

July 16, 2014 by Choice

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Birth Story – Eleora Joy Monday, February 24, 2014   Sitting down to write my birth story as Nina and Jill encouraged me to do so before I forgot, I thought about the things leading up to that day. Not just the pregnancy, buteverything. The changing of our season of life through growth and maturity; Joe and I…

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Deja’s Journey of Motherhood

July 16, 2014 by Choice

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Journey to home birth A little background on me- I am a nurse and I worked in labor and delivery for five years. I currently work for a high risk maternity home health care company. Not only have I seen a lot of births- I’ve seen it all. The good (a beautiful vaginal delivery), the bad…

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Everly Jean, baby girl born to first time parents

October 31, 2013 by Choice

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BIRTH STORY | EVERLY JEAN HENNING | 9.13.13   Sept 9th Our water softener had a hose blown out and it started to flood our basement on Monday morning of that week. I ran over to our neighbors’ house to get his help. He came over & turned it off & I spent the rest of that…

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A Beautiful VBAC assisted by a Monitrice

September 14, 2012 by Choice

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At about 6 months gestation, I went to the E.R. for what I thought was premature labor. My previous pregnancy had resulted in a miscarriage so I had some cause for concern. After plenty of testing, the results were inconclusive. I was having some fierce abdominal pain that we could not identify. I went home…

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Kyra Aaron Reed

September 13, 2012 by Choice

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In this post I would like to share my amazing birth story. I wrote it for myself- so that I would not forget and so that I can share it with my daughter one day. But I’m sharing it with you for several reasons. When I was pregnant all I ever heard from anyone was…

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Abby Kinne doing what she did best!!

August 5, 2012 by Choice

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My Mom had midwives from choice for all of her childrens births (which is why I also chose to do a home birth with choice), we were all born at home except for my sister Katie, thier 4th child. My parents were planning a home birth with her as well, it just didnt work out…

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