Client Birth Stories – Page 2 – Birth Takes a Village

I love this birth story of one of Kaz’s clients from before we started working so closely together. Make sure you check out the amazing photos. Thanks, Ash, for sharing your story with us!The night before hard labour began, I experienced waves of mild lower uterine cramping & back pain; manageable, but pronounced enough to wake me up from time… Read more →

This is a story of an amazing home birth I was at a few years ago. My client wrote her story and published it on her blog, so I asked if I could share an exerpt of it here. Please visit her website to view the full story and her insight into why birth is such a touchy subject and… Read more →

As luck would have it, I was able to attend not one, but two special births in my home province of Alberta the fall before last. One was for my sister, who gave birth to the cutest nephew that anybody ever had, and whose story I posted a few weeks ago.  The other was for a friend of mine who… Read more →

While the vast majority of the time birth goes (or SHOULD go!) smoothly, occasionally a family doesn’t get the birth of their dreams. A mother wrote her wise and beautiful reflections on not  getting her dream birth, and how the first year of her child’s life taught her so much about parenting and about birth and about processing it all.… Read more →

Earlier this year I attended the beautiful birth of a family here in Vancouver. They described their birth as “transformational home birth that fills our minds and hearts with awe whenever we think about it.” The family has generously decided to share their birth video with our blog readers, with hopes of encouraging and inspiring other families who are preparing… Read more →