Hi. It’s been a time, but it’s been a time for healing and planning and preparing. We have let a couple of cycles pass since we lost Rune and are planning to try again in the coming cycle! Huzzah!
I am making this super fast because it is almost time to get things ready for din din time..
After forwarding the article in the Washington Post to the editor of our local paper, Kelly Virden, I was interviewed, along with two other local homebirthers-both friends of mine-for our local paper. Here is the article.
I am happy with it, though I am a tad disappointed that nothing regarding world statistics regarding birth were mentioned, nothing regarding the safety stats of home vs hospital, nothing to the tune of information, only our stories. Don’t get me wrong, I really think that our three stories are crucial to changing mindsets, to helping wimmin realize their innate abilities, but the fact checker in me would have liked to see more to the whys of it instead of just the stories. One thing in my bit of the article that was actually in err, was that I sought prenatal care. I did but only through 20 weeks thereabout, when I was tired of the condescension of the local MDs. I am interested to see what kind of support and backlash we three get over this article.
Let me know what you think of it.
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November 10, 2007 at 6:28 am
fourlittlebirds
It was nice. I would be very pleased for someone to interview me for an article like that! I like that they didn’t feel that need to give it journalistic “balance” with the usual obstetric blather about how risky it is.
November 10, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Brittney
I agree with the other comment…
It was nice to see just a straightforward story about homebirth.. without making the women interviewed sound like a bunch of loonies! Though, I agree with you also, Tasha. It would have been nice to see some solid factual evidence that homebirth is safer and better.
It was a good article though. You’re quotes sounded great
Very articulate and well thought out.
December 18, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Josie
Hello,
I came across your site about a month ago while reading about babies, childbirth, homebirth etc. I had babies on the brain despite the fact that I had miscarried just days before. My jaw dropped when I found what you had written about the loss of your own pregnancy.
Before reading your story, I felt like I was overreacting to the loss of my baby when I was only 9 weeks along. I was feeling lost, terribly sad and very alone.
I know that writing your story must have been difficult, to say the least, but it really helped me to accept the grief I felt and to deal with what I was truly feeling. I picked out a name for my baby, which I wouldn’t have thought to do on my own.
A month later, I am also now proud of having miscarried at home and of burying my little girl (I strongly felt I was carrying a girl this time) under the big maple tree in the back yard.
I am grateful to you for being so open and honest about your experiences. It really helped me begin the grieving process, and I can now move peacefully into the healing phase of my own experiences.
Wishing you all the best if you are now trying again,
Josie