The title says it all. This family traveled all the way from Trinidad to have their birth attended by Corina Hossle. Aren't we so lucky to have the option locally. Check out Embrace Birth Center and Midwifery Care if you are curious about OUTSTANDING out of hospital care!
This family was one of my first to work with as a young doula. I treasure the opportunity to work with them every time their family grows!
This was the second time that I was blessed to document the water birth of this family's newest member at Embrace Birth Center and Midwifery Care. I love working there because reverence for the family is the guiding force at all times.
It was a Tuesday. I was 40 weeks and 6 days pregnant. For weeks leading up to my due date I had obsessed over every little sign or symptom that labor might be imminent. My google history was a long list of questions like, “Does diarrhea mean labor is coming?”, “How do you know if your baby has dropped?”, “Will having sex really make you go into labor?”, and so on. I can remember standing in my baby’s nursery that morning and crying; so certain that labor would not start naturally on its own and I would be forced to try “birth cocktails” made of herbs and castor oil, or worse, be forced into an induction at 41+5. I had dreamed of a calm, natural birth; undisturbed by unnecessary medical int
