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By Morgan Reid Trystan, famously known for his blog Biff & I that is centered around his life with his family and partner, is a transgender man in Oregon USA that chose to carry his own biological child. He made the choice to be open and public regarding his...

By Lisa Mackell Previously published in Birth Issues, Fall 2011 As a parent, we are faced daily with making decisions that will have an effect on our children and family. Did you know that parental decision-making starts before your child is born? There are many...

By Claire MacDonaldPreviously published in Birth Issues, Fall 2012 Over the past decade I have accompanied many women during the births of their babies. I am now starting to attend the births of their 3rd children. As I have become more experienced, there is one thing...

By Shari FranksThe second part, and birth of Savannah, can be found in Birth IssuesJune, 2018 on Infertility & Surrogacy. Struggles with my mental health have infiltrated my life for many years and through it all I have always somehow been able to fight my way...

By Michelle Lang previously published in Birth Issues, Fall 2009 Last summer, I visited a mother and she shared some challenges she was having getting her children sleeping through the night. After this visit, I decided to write an article to help pregnant moms and...

By Heather EyestonePreviously published in Birth Issues Summer 2012 We originally began the journey of our third baby and pregnancy with midwives. Our daughters had both been birthed under their guidance. But at our 19 week ultrasound we learned our third baby was in...

 By Noreen Walker previously published in “A Midwife’s Guide to prenatal care and home birth” by Donna Gibbons, Sandy Pullin and Noreen Walker (1989) My first birth was in a hospital, and was a routine nightmare. I was totally unprepared, and expected the hospital...

By Heather Beaudoinpreviously published in Birth Issues Fall 2011 I intended to write an article about pain in childbirth. I wanted to research all the hormonal and physiologic changes that occur in a woman's body when she experiences sexual arousal and orgasm. Then I...

By Krystal Hoople RN, BScN, IBCLCpreviously published in Birth Issues Spring 2012 As soon as we are pregnant we start making conscious decisions about the health of ourselves and our baby. We watch what we eat, stop poor lifestyle habits and drive slower, all because...

By Sarah Witholtpreviously published in Birth Issues Fall 2012 When my husband, Greg, and I found out we were pregnant, we were ecstatic. We had tried hard to get pregnant and persistence had paid off. Mixed in with the feelings of excitement, were feelings of...

By Heidi TrueArrowPreviously published in Birth Issues Winter 2010 Hello my name is Heidi; I am a pregnancy and birth junkie. I love learning about all aspects of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting. I have had many different birth experiences; I have had 4...

By Leah MurphyPreviously published in Birth Issues Fall 2012 My first pregnancy in 2006 came to us quickly as we only tried for 2 months. I was thrilled just the same and finished my Registered Nursing degree, started my first nursing job, and wrote the RN exams, all...