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Valentina Maria Marasco (4/6/08)

Valentina’s Home Birth Story By: Christine Marasco Disclaimer: This is the story of my daughter’s home birth, one year ago today. Currently only 1% of US babies are born at home, but there is a notable upswing in this direction. This is as back-to-basics as it gets, my friends. We have gained such a respectable [...]

Gideon Guthrie Miller (10/12/09)

My Wife: The Birth Warrior By: Nathaniel Miller As I sit here writing this my youngest son lays swaddled tightly next to me in the office chair and my other gorgeous boy is snoozing in his bed. It seems just yesterday we were bringing Paul home from the hospital and my nights were starting to [...]

Natural Childbirth: That’s gotta hurt…or does it?

By Laura Lund, HCHI Most Americans think giving birth without medication is crazy and perhaps even a little barbaric. At the very least, most would probably say childbirth without painkillers ranks right up there with torture.  I used to believe that, too.  My first baby’s birth was certainly very painful, and I requested an epidural [...]