UNASSISTED CHILDBIRTH

Unassisted childbirth, or free birth, is the act of having a natural birth without any outside help or hindrance.

Unassisted Childbirth is the act of birthing your baby without a 'professional'. Learn more about it here. This article goes along with my pregnancy and homebirth series. Feel free to evaluate your birth options, arm yourself with knowledge.

Our birth story has been met with surprise, fear, even delight by strangers. It has had positive effects on all of our loves and our relationship as a family, forever altering the perceptions of all involved.

How do you know when to push? What if something goes wrong? How do you cut the cord? The answers to these questions and more!

On September 24, 2007, Cedric Orin was born into his father's hands at home in our bed with his older brother watching. Here are the details of our amazing labor and birth experience!

Freebirth is nothing new, but much ignorance surrounds this practice. The act of birthing without a medical professional is not only gaining in popularity but in media coverage.

If someone you know has told you that they are planning a freebirth, you know that the first question to come up in nearly every reply is "what if something goes wrong?" Here is a little information to help ease your fears.

You have always heard that when you have a baby at a hospital that you will have to fill out a lot paperwork, well what about if you have the baby at home or unassisted.

This is the big question with homebirth in general. The simple answer is that the mother prepares herself to handle anything that may go wrong!

On the surface it seems that the growing trend towards home births and unassisted birth is something to feel shocked about, but our foremothers might have begged a differ.

All of this leads me to believe that what is most important when it comes to childbirth is for each woman to make her own decision, based on an assessment of risks and benefits relevant on her unique situation.

By taking our cues from the natural world and trusting fully in a woman's ability to give birth, my husband and I birthed our first child unassisted at home on August 14th, 2006.

Many people worry that something will go wrong during pregnancy, especially if they are going unassisted. Most complications are actually rare and can be managed at home by the mother.

I believe most women are somewhere in this middle-space between "freebirth" and "knock me out and cut me open".

Almost everyone will have a nightmare while pregnant. Usually these are caused by fears related to the pregnancy. By understanding your dreams and confronting your fears, you'll be better prepared for motherhood.

Sometimes a homebirth is out of the question, but that doesn't mean that you can't have a great hospital birth.

I have made mistakes and have regrets. Some of my actions would disappoint other attachment parents, shock mainstream parents. But I'm doing my best.