Writing from the practice
Long-form, physician-written, and honest in both directions — the essays we wish every family considering home birth had already read.
- Why American home birth statistics look worse than Dutch ones
The gap between countries isn't the setting. It's the system around it — and that tells you exactly what to demand.
- The risk-out: why the best home birth practices say no
A practice that cannot tell you no is not giving you advice. It is giving you marketing.
- What a home-to-hospital transfer really looks like
Mostly it looks like a car ride. De-dramatizing the most feared moment in home birth.
- Hypnosis, breathing, and the evidence for mind-body preparation
The relaxation skills of natural childbirth are trained, not summoned — and the training has data behind it.
- Why a DO: osteopathy and physiologic birth
The physician tradition built on supporting the body's own capacity was always the natural home for physician-led natural birth.
- The 36-week visit: where candidacy is earned
One appointment carries more weight than any other in a home birth plan. Here is what happens in it.