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It’s the people
It’s not the fact that we throw away countless items that should be recycled, or that we can’t walk anywhere worthwhile, or that it is unbearably hot in the summer, or that people die in traffic...
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Talking death, birth, drinking & screwing
Maisie and I had our first “adult” conversation on the morning my dad died. She had just woken up and was eager to rush downstairs to see her grandparents. I plopped her down on my bed, sat...
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The determination of some
Many years ago my husband, a friend of ours and I were waiting in line at the US-Canada border to re-enter Washington after a day trip to Vancouver. The wait was long, and we were getting impatient....
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Apples and orangutans
As I understand it, comparing birth in the hospital (even natural birth) to birth at home is like comparing apples to orangutans. They’re entirely different beasts. So when my mom asked if I would be...
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The experience
Part I It’s for the experience, right? That’s why we do it. Have babies at home, I mean. Not for reasons of safety, sanity or autonomy, but because we can light candles, sit in the bathtub, and...
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Trust birth?
Have you seen the movie Grizzly Man? The documentary created mainly from video shot by a man living among grizzly bears in Alaska? The grizzly activist, if you will, who believed that because he...
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The Birth of Elias
It was when I dragged out your sister’s baby book for the first time in over a year, determined to finally finish it, that the contractions began. That was shortly after 3:00 in the afternoon on...
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Bookends of peace
“I don’t want to die in the hospital,” my dad proclaimed the day after being discharged from it and having recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. All I could think to say was, “I don’t blame you.”...
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Questions to ask your home birth midwife
Disclaimer: I compiled this list of questions from various sources, but it is not intended to be all-inclusive. There are no “right” answers to many of these; they are merely meant to help you...
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Let’s talk about BIRTH (Fair)
I was three months into my humdrum life in Texas when I stumbled upon an organization called B.I.R.T.H. (Bringing Information and Resources to Houston), which promotes safe, natural, informed...
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