Welcome to Northbay Midwifery’s Birth Stories
Read Northbay Midwifery’s Birth Stories! These are wonderful stories submitted by some of the families I have assisted with homebirths. I hope you enjoy reading them. You can view more pictures of babies and families in my Northbay Midwifery Image Gallery. For more on Water Birthing, read my book Water Birth: A Midwife’s Perspective.
Birthing Mama
A special mention from my birth post on Facebook
How Midwives Care for your Whole Person
Continuity of care: Midwives provide care throughout pregnancy
Mira, Lázaro & baby Michelangelo
When my wife was in her last semester of medical school we found out we were pregnant, only three months after our wedding. To us as doctors, safety and kindness during a birth are essential for all women. This led us to choose Susanna as our midwife.
Baby Sam’s Sister Maya
I would love to recommend most highly our wonderful homebirth midwife Susanna Napierala. Susanna has been an integral part of the births of both of our beautiful children. We have learned so much from her vast amount of experience as a pioneer bringing waterbirths to the U.S. Our first child was supposed to be a homebirth, but our boy came just a bit too early. Susanna had prepared us well beforehand, getting to know us and allowing us to get to know her.
Pre-Natal Care: Why Nutrition is the building block of health
As a pregnant mom, you know the importance of caring for yourself and your growing baby. Pre-natal nutrition is vital in providing...read more.