tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812191352688626855.post1810496667474205373..comments2010-01-21T07:39:04.142-08:00Lauranoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812191352688626855.post-15862178016623848632010-01-21T07:39:04.142-08:002010-01-21T07:39:04.142-08:00Hey Laura! Lynn Smart sent me the artcile you wrote about deciding to have a homebirth. We met once upon a time in high school when you came to visit her. I would definitely encourage you to get &quot;Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way&quot; By Susan McCucheon? That&#39;s not spelled right or work with the hypnobirthing or even hypnobabies info that&#39;s out there. Anyhoo, it has lots of scripts and exercises for you and your husband to do TOGETHER. If you make it about you two it will be especially empowering for both parties :-) I&#39;ve had a very similar experience as you. Medicated birth, natural in the hospital and a homebirth. I&#39;m pregnant with #4 and hoping to another homebirth. I just found a midwife named Laura I&#39;m going to meet next week who sounds amazing! Also, have you looked into waterbirth? I don&#39;t EVER want to go back now. It was so wonderful in the water and I didn&#39;t tear at ALL!!! Rob delivered our little girl and though he was honestly scrared to death, it was the most amazing experience of his life. E-mail me if ya like. ShannonLovesRob@gmail.com Also, you could check out www.birthnetwork.org and see if there&#39;s a chapter in your area. Some groups like ours have monthly meetings and you may be able to meet other moms that have done homebirth too or at least feel the same way about not interfering with a natural process. It&#39;s a sacred connection I think. It&#39;s nice to have people who understand why you want a homebirth instead of looking at you cross eyed! Good luck!!!<br /><br />Shannon LorraineShannon Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05094608325721271886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812191352688626855.post-10273151096901028552010-01-11T14:53:06.258-08:002010-01-11T14:53:06.258-08:00I am so intrigued by the idea of a home birth. This first one will be in a hospital, but I think once I know what to expect I would love to have a baby at home with a midwife! I can&#39;t wait to hear how it goes!Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04877049756685919158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812191352688626855.post-49706405757386719552010-01-06T06:54:59.941-08:002010-01-06T06:54:59.941-08:00You are in the home stretch now. Just hang in there. It will be what it will be. I always spend a lot of time saying thing have to be done and read and the truth is that the experiences that I am ready for are not any better or worse then the ones that I have a few more things hanging over me for. <br /><br />Becca<br /><br />Please visit me at http://www.askbecca.comRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15657528214837388140noreply@blogger.com