Before I met my husband, I thought that having babies at home was what was done in the more uncivilized parts of the world. My husband (who was raised in civilization), comes from a family where his mother is a midwife and all of the women have given birth at home. As...
I knew that you go to the hospital if you are sick or hurt. That is why I chose to have you at home. Your father and I found two wonderful midwives, who checked up on me and you with loving hands and hearts during the time you were growing in my body. A couple of...
When I was pregnant with my first son, my mother and grandmother told me that they had given birth without any medication. They believed that I could do it like all the other women in our Russian family. I wanted to have a natural birth to make them proud of me...
The moment we walked into the midwife’s office, I knew you would be attending our birth. There wasn’t much discussion about it after our consult. I looked at my husband, Michael and said, “I really like them”. He agreed, and we hired you. Our spirit...
