When I met Anabel and Onur, they spoke of the internal conflict they were having: feeling full trust in a woman's body to birth and really wanting a homebirth, however the expense of that option felt big. And so they wanted to find balance between the trust they felt in Anabel's body and the anxiety that was there related to how birthing in the medical system was going to support that. Needless to say, when I opened this e-mail, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Anabel a

Being a midwife, I had planned my birth years before I actually fell pregnant. Pretty much as soon as I saw those two pink lines pop up,...

Photo credit: Jana Woodhouse From about 38 weeks I was starting to get on and off early signs that my body was preparing for birth....