Blogs about: Birth Experience

Featured Blog

Tough Decision:Home or Hospital Birth? My Story

Jonine wrote 1 month ago: First, this post is in response to an article by Keeper of the Home. She had an excellent article on … more →

Tags: Children, everyday life, Pregnancy, Home Birth, hospital birth

Quote of the Day...3 comments

Kathy wrote 1 month ago: One of my friends had this on her facebook status: “Those who’ve abandoned their dreams … more →

Tags: birth choices, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Childbirth, epidural, natural childbirth, Birth

Study Finds That Memory of Labor Pain Is Influenced By A Woman's Childbirth Experience5 comments

NursingBirth wrote 3 months ago: A study recently published in the March 2009 issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics a … more →

Tags: In The News, Labor, Delivery, LD, Nurse, Nursing, natural birth, ob/gyn, hospital birth

The Upside-Down World of Birth1 comment

Kathy wrote 4 months ago: In putting a friend’s home movies on DVDs, I saw the videos of the births of two of her grandc … more →

Tags: birth choices, hospital birth, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, health, midwife, Midwifery, obstetrician

Happy Groundhog Day!1 comment

Kathy wrote 5 months ago: This post has nothing to do with Groundhog Day, although I do like the movie! It’s six weeks u … more →

Tags: birth choices, studies & stuff, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, birth-survey, c-section rate, the birth survey, Birth

Compare and Contrast1 comment

Kathy wrote 5 months ago: This blogger had a CNM practice for her prenatal care in her first birth at the hospital which ended … more →

Tags: birth choices, Birth Story, Baby, Birth, Home Birth, homebirth, hospital, hospital birth, hospital vs. home birth

A Simple Birth - the way it should be....

vsakotai wrote 5 months ago: Dec 20, 2008: Our Mom started having pains on the night of the 18th. Pains were crampy, coming off a … more →

Tags: Birth Stories, birth fitness exercises, birth plan, Birth Story, Chair Straddling Exercise, false labor, Labor and Childbirth, labor contractions, natural childbirth outcome

I wonder how often pitocin is really necessary4 comments

Kathy wrote 6 months ago: One of the blogs I keep up with is a new L&D nurse. She worked over the Christmas and New Year … more →

Tags: Informed Consent, induction, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Pitocin, Augmentation, Birth, induced labor

My take on 20/20's "Extreme Motherhood" Show1 comment

Kathy wrote 6 months ago: There were five segments on this show (the links will take you either to the video itself or ABC … more →

Tags: C-section, Pregnancy, orgasmic birth, birth videos, breastfeeding, Home Birth, Baby, Pregnant, homebirth

A Natural Birthing Experience...

vsakotai wrote 6 months ago: Dec 17th, 2008: One more of my moms went into labor! This mom was extremely active, well-informed … more →

Tags: Birth Stories, climbing stairs in pregnancy, active phase of labor, birthing ball, catecholamine, natural childbirth outcome

Of Labors and Births.....

vsakotai wrote 6 months ago: I return to this blog, invigorated from having taken part in a number of incredible events, each mar … more →

Tags: All about c-sections, Birth Stories, "bag of waters", Birth Story, CTG, healthy babies, healthy mother, IUGR, progress of labor

Industrial Childbirth1 comment

Kathy wrote 6 months ago: “My experience of childbirth was not an unusually traumatic one. In medical parlance I had an … more →

Tags: Birth Story, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Childbirth, C-section, Pitocin, induction, Augmentation

Court Document, Skol v. Pierce2 comments

Kathy wrote 6 months ago: Somebody dug around and found a PDF of the actual court document in that lawsuit I blogged about rec … more →

Tags: Labor and Birth, Informed Consent, labor support, Birth Story, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Childbirth, birth trauma

Lawsuit: Frivolous or Justified?14 comments

Kathy wrote 7 months ago: I was horrified to read the allegations in the lawsuit by a woman who claims the obstetrician who at … more →

Tags: Labor and Birth, epidurals, Informed Consent, labor support, Birth Story, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, birth trauma

Happy Week 9! Now you start to swim :)

rakster wrote 7 months ago: Hiya Speck, I’m lying in bed as I type.  Had to leave work on-time after getting in a bit earl … more →

Tags: Pregnancy, Development Stages, Birthing, Swimming, tadpole, Week 9, Tail, Foetus, fetus

Heartless1 comment

Kathy wrote 9 months ago: A copy of this letter from an anesthesiologist circulated in an email group of mine, and then Rixa h … more →

Tags: Labor and Birth, birth choices, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Labor, C-section, obstetrician, Business of Being Born

What a difference the care provider makes!

Kathy wrote 11 months ago: One of my “blog buddies” just had her second baby by C-section. She believes her first w … more →

Tags: C-section, Labor and Birth, Pregnant, Pregnancy, health, VBAC, HBAC, CBAC, attempted hbac

The Birth Survey

Kathy wrote 11 months ago: This is what we have needed for a long time, and I’m so glad it’s finally up and running … more →

Tags: birth choices, Labor and Birth, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cesarean, C-section, LD, health

Of Monkeys and Birth2 comments

Kathy wrote 1 year ago: The inspiration for this post was based on a post written by “I am a Monkey’s Mama … more →

Tags: Labor and Birth, Home Birth, hospital birth, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cesarean, C-section, infertility


Have your say. Start a blog.

See our free features →

Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS

Find other items tagged with “birth-experience”:
Technorati Del.icio.us IceRocket