Birth Writes: A Collection of Real-Life Birth Stories

Edited by Carole Monnier Clark with Chelsie Anderson The idea for this book was born during long postpartum talks with newborn babies in arms and toddlers running wild at our feet. As we shared our own birth stories with each other it became clear that we wanted to hear more about other people’s experiences, all kinds of experiences, and we felt that others would too. That’s what we asked for and that’s exactly what we got! Here you’ll find tales about labour and delivery as varied as their authors. From natural births to hospital births, planned C-sections to home births, slow deliveries to speedy arrivals, twins born in the hospital and at home, birth in the wake of natural disaster, to the perfect birth plans that work out and those that don’t. There’s adventure in these pages; the adventure that comes along with welcoming new life into this world, which in turn fundamentally changes the life of those who welcome it.