Comments on: My Home Birth Team

By: ChristiLeonard25

ChristiLeonard25 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:12:14 +0000

I strictly recommend not to hold back until you earn enough money to order all you need! You should just get the business loans or just credit loan and feel comfortable

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:30:52 +0000

You are a joke. Self-absorbed takes on a new meaning after reading your blog. Celebrate your child, not yourself.

By: Sheridan

Sheridan — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:19:04 +0000

YAY! I love your enthusiasm for your upcoming birth. It sounds like you have a great birth team assembled and I know you will enjoy your birth! :)

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:53:55 +0000

I think it’s great that you are having your baby at home! And, go ahead and confidently tell everyone and anyone who will listen! I had all three of my babies at home back in 1981, 84 and 87 and it is something that my kids now proudly tell their friends. There is so much fear around childbirth that when you tell someone you are having your baby at home it scares them. I am a photographer and I recently spent a year photographing newborn babies at a local hospital here in the Chicago area. It was ironic really that I ended up working on the maternity ward and as I went from room to room I couldn’t believe how exhausted and worn out the mothers looked. And, while C-sections are considered major surgery they are accepted as a normal everyday occurrence. You would think that after all these years homebirths would have become the accepted way. Trust your intuition and be confident and relaxed in your knowing that all will be well and it will be!
Enjoy this special time!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:22:30 +0000

Congratulations on the coming baby and thank you for this post. I am not a mother (yet) but I have worked in childcare since my pre-teen years and worked as a full-time nanny for a few families now. I’ve heard too many horror stories about hospital births and women being pushed into decisions they would not have made in a less vulnerable state. My cousin’s wife chose home-birth after watching Ricki Lake’s video… check it out:

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/

Best wishes to you Kristen – we look forward to hearing your birth story and seeing pictures of your beautiful baby!!!

By: Kaitlin Rose

Kaitlin Rose — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:03:23 +0000

Good for you! As a first time mom who birthed at home, I felt really guarded leading up to my due date. My fiance and I didn’t tell many people about our plans…the phone calls after she was successfully born at home were received with shock, awe, and a lot of respect. Good luck to you!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:31:19 +0000

Thanks for sharing, I so enjoyed reading your post:)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:14:57 +0000

I applaud the home birth, but as a renter, not an owner yet (just moved to MA) I am giving birth in a hospital. For those of you in Boston area, I have been continually impressed with the maternity ward at Newton-Wellesley hospital. They lean heavy towards midwives for low-risk pregnancy and have all the bells and whistles already in place that I was looking for…birthing balls, squat stick, freedom to wear what you want, move around as you please, labor in big bath tubs (unfortunately no water births as this time), complete respect of birth plans (or hopes and wishes since I have been advised that birth really shouldn’t be “planned”), and the list goes on and on. Finally, a hospital setting that “gets” it.

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:34 +0000

Thank you for sharing this with us. You look amazing.. Blessings, Marina :)

By: Kristen's Raw

Kristen's Raw — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:37:17 +0000

Thanks for the kind compliment, Andrea! :)

Hi Melissa, don’t mistake being on a mission for a single hope and dream in life. As it happens, when I first mentioned it the response was so strong that I realized what I was learning could help a lot of other women. I wouldn’t read so much into it. ;)