On Sat, May 7 I woke up and was having contractions every 5 minutes for half an hour. I got all excited and thought it was labor for sure, so I got up and called the answering service. By the time she called back, the contractions had pretty much died down. The midwife (Erin) told me to go lie back down and if contractions picked up, then I should call back. I went and layed down and fifteen minutes later, they came back. I decided I would sit for another fifteen minutes to see what happened before calling again. This time they died and didn’t come back. I lost a couple hours of sleep for nothing.

http://experiencingmotherhood.com/?p=381

Right before Thanksgiving, Ricki and I got to fulfill a dream…visiting Ina May Gaskin at The Farm in Tennessee. We had always wanted to film Ina May at The Farm for BOBB but ran out of production funds and time. We decided that we MUST get there to film for our follow-up DVD, so Wednesday morning November 19th (mere hours after Ricki hosted a benefit at Babeland for The New Space for Women’s Health) we hopped a plane to Nashville.

http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/blog/2008/12/09/down-on-the-farm/

Numerous studies have shown that for low-risk women home birth is indeed a safe choice.

In fact, some studies have show that a homebirth can be a safer option than a hospital delivery for low-risk women.

Studies that show that it’s unsafe are usually found to be grouping unplanned or emergency home deliveries into their data on “out of hospital births.”

http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/home-birth.html

A discussion on the topic of Home Birthing and licensing midwives in North Carolina and other U.S. states with Russ Fawcett and Jennifer Block.