Category Archives: Midwives

I had a home birth and I’m not stupid. Or brave.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/04/07/i-had-a-home-birth-and-im-not-stupid-or-brave/   One Friday morning five years ago, I peed on a stick and a pink plus sign appeared. I didn’t know anything about babies, pregnancy or giving birth, but finding a respectable doctor and a good hospital seemed the most appropriate course of action. If someone had ever suggested having a home birth toContinue reading “I had a home birth and I’m not stupid. Or brave.”

Giving Birth on ‘The Farm’: One Mom Shares Her Experience

Giving Birth on ‘The Farm’: One Mom Shares Her Experience   When Kate Kellogg became pregnant with her third child, she decided to give birth on The Farm, a midwifery center in Summertown, Tennessee, run by world-renowned midwife Ina May Gaskin. Some might think this is a surprising decision, given that Kellogg, 33, is a doctor.Continue reading “Giving Birth on ‘The Farm’: One Mom Shares Her Experience”