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When you fail at birth, part II

November 18, 2013 By Lauren McClain

When you fail at birth, part II

When You Fail At Birth, Part I Some of us have failed at birth even when we ‘succeeded’. Many women who wanted a natural, unmedicated birth (and got it!) feel that they failed to have the experience they wanted. Women are set up for feelings of failure in their births–especially first births–when they don’t get […]

Filed Under: Easier Birthing, Natural Birth, Natural Birth Tips

When you fail at birth

November 14, 2013 By Lauren McClain

When you fail at birth

Maria had a successful VBAC! Awesome! Bekka didn’t. Bekka tried but had an unsuccessful VBAC. Her birth was a failure. Bekka failed. Although “successful VBAC” or “successful natural birth” or even “71% of women who planned it were successful in having a vaginal breech birth” sounds like positive language, it’s actually fraught with emotionally damaging […]

Filed Under: Cesarean, Postpartum, Vaginal Breech Birth, VBAC

She’s having a baby, not a bomb: Confident mom & OB

October 2, 2013 By Lauren McClain

She’s having a baby, not a bomb: Confident mom & OB

My name is Courtney Larson, and although this was just my second baby, I am no stranger to the birth world as a birth photographer myself (Inloveness Birth Photography). I have seen what some would consider ‘the impossible’ and witnessed the power of a woman’s body. So, when I was told my daughter was breech […]

Filed Under: Birth Stories, Breech, Vaginal Breech Birth

Supported hospital breech birth Q&A

September 22, 2013 By Lauren McClain

Supported hospital breech birth Q&A

Here we have an interview with a mom who planned a homebirth but happened to have a backup OB who was supportive of breech birth. She had a lovely hospital birth with a supportive birth team. Some background on your pregnancy. I had been planning to have a home birth. We were thrown for a […]

Filed Under: Birth Stories, Breech, Vaginal Breech Birth

10 tips for airplane travel with toddlers

September 13, 2013 By Lauren McClain

10 tips for airplane travel with toddlers

I’m on a long trip with my wees right now, visiting friends and family in Minnesota. Thought I’d put in writing some of my thoughts from our last flight. Let them pack. Little ones love to pack for a trip. Even the one year old will enjoy putting a menagerie of toys and a collection […]

Filed Under: Peaceful Parenting

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