Life After Loss: What it is like to be an earth side mama for the first time
Losing a baby is one of the hardest things in the world. But what is it really like to have your rainbow baby and experience birth after loss?
Birth Stories
Positive Birth Story: Quick and Lovely Home Birth in Water
We had been trying for baby number 3 for nearly three years, and I was getting close to giving up when finally I was sure I had ovulated AND I was Late! Sure enough the pink line came up super quickly on the pee test. Right from the beginning this pregnancy was very different to …
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Positive Birth Story: A Quick Natural Hospital Birth
We were up in Wellington on the second block course of my well-child training, Tahlia and Matthew were there with me. Tahlia was to turn one that Wednesday. During the week I began to get suspicious… I had heart burn more than once, had a couple of headaches and had to get up to pee …
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Positive Birth Story: An Induced Hospital Birth First Baby
Tahlia was our first baby. A very much wanted and waited for baby. We had been trying for 2 and a half years to get pregnant, and I had completely given up hope, we were waiting to see the fertility specialists. I was charting my cycles but when my period didn’t turn up I just …
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