Periodically people contact me for assistance re: homebirthing. They're trying to figure out whether they want a homebirth, or where to find a midwife, or how to pay for one, etc. (I seem to be the go-to person on these questions because my social circle knows I know a lot about homebirth, so as soon as one of *their* friends/acquaintances has a ( Read more... )

One year ago today, I posted Connor's birth announcement. At this point I was probably lying in bed, still stunned. That birth was a major event that did a great deal to heal the wounds left by the hospital transfer during Gavin's birth, and also marked the birth of what I've thought of since as Naja Pallida Robin - changing from the spineless worm ( Read more... )

Connor weighs the same as Moo did at birth (5 lbs 14 oz), except that he's two weeks younger, so that's pretty impressive. 18" long, head circumference 13.5". Everything looks normal ( Read more... )

(If you haven't seen it yet: the announcement, with pictures.

( The birth story. )

This is what birth looks like.

( NSFW. Me in the bathtub with a new baby. (Yes, there's a baby face hidden in the towel, look near the boob. The shell-shaped pink thing is the bath pillow onto which I gave birth; the red thing between me and the pillow is the placenta. )

In response to a question I was asked on my Ask Me post (and I know I'd promised her a post on this awhile ago, just hadn't been up to writing it):

This is one of those things that could turn into an extremely long post, but I'm going to try to be as succinct as possible. :) Feel free to ask questions for further info. ( I did my best to be succinct, but still cut for a bit of length. )