Table of Contents: Belly Button Bliss

ix Why Birth Stories Matter

Hospital Births
3 You Can Do Anything for a Day!
Courtney Gordon Hay

7 A Singular, Clear Feeling Kirsten Ellenbogen
11 I Love You, Just Because Tricia Spitzmueller
15 A Whole New Person Is in the World!
Julie Moon

19 I Am Not a Patient Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan
23 Birth Is What It Is Erika Rasmusson Janes
27 Peaceful, Beautiful Birth Patty Born Selly
29 Happy Birthday, Baby! Mery Vargas Mares
33 She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain Catherine Burns
37 Keep Singing to Me Jennifer Tacheny
43 Becoming a Mother Delina Codey
49 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Melissa Rayworth
53 From in Me to on Me Laura Stoland

Home Births
59 The Nature of Birth Barb Haselbeck
65 Sacred Ceremony Bridget Foley
69 Full Moon Rising Anne Bachhuber
73 Confidence, Richly Rewarded Nicole Roth
79 Gentle Homecoming Heidi Schwinghammer

Extra Special Births
TWINS, CESAREAN SECTION, VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN, ADOPTION

85 I Can’t Do This! I Can Do This! Kara Douglass Thom
89 Every Birth Is a Rite of Passage Deborah Savran
95 How Birth Was Meant to Be Maureen Hunt
99 The Most Generous Gift Sarah Richards
103 Resources