defending a woman's right to natural childbirth

the intent of this blog is to provide information and options to women who are pregnant with breech or other "high-risk" babies. when i was pregnant and found out that my child was breech, the only option that i was initially given was a scheduled c-section. after two weeks of lamentation, i finally found a supportive community and discovered my options for natural birth. i learned that carrying a breech baby was not "high risk" as i had been led to believe, and that i did not need to surrender to what i considered my worst-case birth scenario (a cesarean) without first giving my body the chance to prove itself. i spent the last weeks of my pregnancy intensively educating myself on the risks and benefits of natural breech birth, and my baby was born footling breech at 41 weeks, in a 5-hour natural, vaginal labor with no complications to mother or child (you can read the birth story here). i would be happy to talk or meet with you to discuss my experiences and your options. you can contact me by the email found in my profile page.