my birth story

‘You kept me calm’: Michigan mom delivers baby in ambulance with help from heroic first responders

While Demsey had experienced childbirth twice before, this delivery was a first for everyone involved, including the Clinton Township paramedics who assisted her.

My birth story: I am a dad and I delivered my baby by accident

The situation got serious, quickly.

My birth story: I was pregnant as my mother was dying

How was I supposed to hold inexplicable joy and inexplicable grief at the same time?

My birth story: I gave birth in a car

I knew what this meant: He was crowning, and we had to park.

My birth story: I wanted an unmedicated birth but back labor changed my mind

I was strong. I was powerful. I was beautiful. I'd done it!

My birth story: Two weeks late in a birth center

I started to feel like a watched pot. #StillPregnant became my personal hashtag.

My birth story: How adoption made me a mama

My infertility made me a fighter. It made me believe that anything is possible.