First I wanted to thank all the people who responded to my post on Monday. So to update, I went to my initial appointment with the midwife on Tuesday, and it went very well!!! She is the first person I've seen during this pregnancy that made me feel comfortable!!! So now I'm going to have a home bir...

Last night's show was awesome. I want to thank Patrice London, Laura Shanley 2 wonderfully knowledgeable and inspirational women, educators and authors. The energy was positive and strong. home birth | education | labor | empowerment | natural birth | unasissted home birth | orgasmic birth | women |...

I had my first appointments yesterday; both with my back-up OB, and my midwife and her student. The doctor has worked as a back up OB for a lot of my midwife's patients. He seems very supportive of... not home birth specifically, but of the patients themselves - in whatever way that means. He's a li...

I am not totally against home births. I welcome them in the right environment and with the right safeguards. I have said this many times but, when I do say it, the militant homebirthers take no notice. These blinkered zealots are blinded by anger if anyone dares to disagree with them. They put their...

It is deeply depressing that the militant independent madwives continue to ply their trade whilst the Royal College of Midwives stands with its disciplinary telescope resolutely clamped to its blind eye. Regular readers may recall the Kent Independent Midwives, led by Virginia Howes: Virginia Howes ...

Freddie Flintoff You may think it is easy to prosecute someone for speeding. Anyone can do it. You may think it is easy to deliver a baby. Anyone can do that do. Sadly, "anyone" was recently delivering a baby at home, in Suffolk, and a young mother died. Total, gobstopping incompetence - but pay pe...

The latest Britblog Roundup was hosted by Redemption Blues, a site headed by a picture to die for. (Which mountain is it?) I was gratified that Dr Crippen’s recent post on Rowan Pelling and the White Witch was featured but then concerned to read the following: For those with the means to foot the ...

First I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, thoughts, prayers and advice. My husband and I really appreciate it. And now I want to bitch... Apparently having a homebirth is neglect, according to some people. I had someone call the hospital my son is at and report me to protective services fo...

I didn't have a homebirth, although I would have loved to have a midwife but the nearest lives more than 2 hours away and it just wasn't practical. Anyways. Not the point. My point is, I really enjoyed this article. Especially the making out during labor part ;) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23239361/...

My husband and I talked this morning and we are looking into a home birth!Yeah! I couldn't be happier. So, I'm researching and trying to find as much info(and a great midwife) as possible. I came across this and it was so inspiring, I had to share it with all of you. .peace. "If the hospital is your...