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Home Birth and Home Death; The Life of Lori Brown

Written by Annie Parson I have two friends who say that they each know two babies who died at home because of a midwife. I’m not sure who these babies are and what the reality is. Babies sometimes die, though we like to pretend that this never happens. They die in hospitals and they die at home, though thankfully most of our babies live and thrive. I chose to birth…

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Cabin Birth Under the Midnight Sun

It hurts so much, so much more I thought anything could hurt. I am alone in my cabin, holding on to a bookshelf, telling myself not to scream, but just to experience it, to let myself fall into the waves of the pain. And then, as I stand there shaking, I see visions of women who all over the world are also giving birth at this moment. As I look…

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