Delia’s 42 Week Pregnancy and Birth
Delia had previously birthed after 40 weeks, so no one was surprised when she passed her due date. Then she passed week 41 and she started to get nervous.
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Home Birth in the Birth Centre
Yael decided that if she were going to bring another child into the world, it would be in the community setting, in a calm and loving environment. Unfortunately, in her home country, home birth is illegal and so she was forced to seek out options further afield.
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Sima’s Homebirth in Jerusalem-a heartwarming story
Sima decided then and there that the next baby would be a home birth, she was not going to put herself through that ordeal again.
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I’m a Homebirth Midwife and People Think I’m Crazy!
Of a total population of 9 million, there are only about 30 working Israeli homebirth midwives, between the lush Golan heights and the deserts of Eilat. We independent midwives are a curious breed, so let me tell you a little about how I got here and shed some light on my profession. Growing up in
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A Timid Young Lady Overcomes her Fears
Chani was a first time young pregnant lady of 20 years who had been through a difficult upbringing. She was so shy and quiet, that even my warmest comments barely elicited a smile from her. Deciding on a homebirth came more from a fear of the unknown, hospitals, strangers and being out of her comfort
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Aliza’s Journey from Traumatic Hospital Birth to Healing Homebirth
There are some women who embrace the homebirth paradigm prior to them even falling pregnant. They understand themselves and have tuned in to that knowing. From the minute they receive a positive pregnancy test, and sometimes even before, they are calling midwives to secure their ideal homebirth provider. Then, there are some women who come
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Homebirth Midwife in the Holy Land (3) – a last surprise!
I put my skates on, and drove off in the direction of Tamara’s home. Back down the same winding mountainous road to the same location where I had attended the first birth of the week, was it only 3 days ago? It felt like a lifetime already! The treatments that Tamara had received earlier that
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Homebirth Midwife in the Holy Land (2)- getting hectic!
After 7 hours of intense labouring at home, Leah’s little boy was born straight into her own hands!
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Homebirth Midwife in the Holy Land
Six births in 4.5 days! Read how this homebirth midwife navigated through her busiest week ever!
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Help! My Wife Wants a Homebirth! Information for the Skeptical Partner (Daniella Levy)
So your pregnant wife is starting to show an interest in homebirth… welcome to the club!Give it to me simply: what does she want me to know?The article before you is long, and I imagine that not everyone will have the patience to read the whole thing. So first I will summarize the main points,
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Home Birth, the Positive Experience You Seek…
Childbirth is a rare lifetime event which leaves an indelible mark on the psyche of the birthing mother and has many long-term repercussions.
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Rose’s Superwoman Birth Story
Rose came to me through her friend who had birthed with me a few times. Her first birth had gone smoothly and quickly, so as part of the preparation for birth, we discussed what to do for a precipitous (very fast) birth and if I didn’t make it on time; Rose was calm and felt
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Netta’s 2 False Alarms… and a Deep Hypnosis
As I rerouted on Waze, thankfully less than 10 minutes away, I listened to the live blow-by-blow account of this baby being born.
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Shira’s Wandering Birth
Over and over through the night. Slowly, slowly her cervix opened.
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Birth in the heart of the Shomron (Samaria)
By the time I grabbed the essentials and got inside, Melissa was sitting in the shower, having already untangled the umbilical cord, with a pink, mewling baby nestled on her chest. She was beaming, proud and radiant.
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Chani’s First Ever (Amazing) Homebirth
When I arrived, Chani was flushed and leaning on the walls for support during the contractions. The pace had picked up. We got everything set up and I checked her over and all was well. She got into the pool and calmly labored. Smiling and enjoying the peace and tranquility, she went deep inside herself while the doula and I gave encouragement and poured warm soothing water over her back.
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Shoshana’s Story – a first time mom has a challenging labor but succesfully births at home.
By 8:00 am Shoshana’s cervix was fully dilated. The baby’s head had been so low in the pelvis throughout labor that I felt that pushing would go quite quickly. I called the second midwife to attend, but I had doubts if she would even make it in time.
The 24 Hour Visit
The sun was getting lower in the horizon and Abi was keen to deliver before the commencement of the Sabbath. Miriam and I lit the sabbath candles, said our prayers and hurried back to the birth room. This baby had waited the whole day and it appeared that he wasn’t rushing to be born before nightfall. As the sun set and we ushered in the Sabbath, we said goodbye to Abi’s mother over the video call and said, “see you on the other side” – it was very emotional and I am tearing up even as I write these words, knowing that her mother would have to wait over a full day to get the news.
Face Presentation….? What on earth…????
I put her on the bed so I could get a better look at what was going on and to my utter astonishment, I saw a set of swollen lips and the tip of a nose!! SO that was what all those folds of skin were on the baby’s head!!! It was baby’s face…. It all made sense!!
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Rina’s Challenging Homebirth Story
Rina and her husband were getting anxious about why it was taking so long. I reassured them that all was well, that labor was just looong, but not considered dysfunctional, baby was doing great and that we could continue as long as she had strength.
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