Share Your Birth Story!

From: Lena Leino

Dear Friend,

Bringing a new life into the world can be a beautiful miracle, yet can also be hard or have many difficulties. Now you can share your own birth story, and connect with others.

What did you imagine birthing your baby to be? Did you make plans? How did you prepare for your labor? How and when did your labor start?

How did it feel like, and how did you cope with all the sensations? Who were your support persons? What did you do during labor?

How do you find your birthing experience, and was it different from that what you expected or planned? What are the moments that come first into your mind when you recall birthing your baby?

Birth story of a quick and easy or long and complicated labor, home or hospital birth, natural or medicated labor and delivery, and everything in between, is important for all the other mothers- and fathers-to-be.

 

How to Share a Birth Story? 

Now your can empower other mothers by sharing your story!

Here’s how to get your journey to motherhood published:

1. Write your story (500-3,000 words) with a title, and proofread it.
2. Save your story as an MS Word or .TXT file.
3. Select one of the categories below that you feel most suitable for your story:
   • Normal Birth (vaginal birth, with some minor medical interventions)
   • Normal Birth, Medically induced vaginal birth, with or without Epidural
   • Natural Birth (vaginal birth, no medical interventions)
   • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
   • Homebirth
   • Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC)
   • Water Birth
   • Unassisted Birth
   • Birth Story by a Father (or other supporting partner)
   • Birthing with a Doula
   • Birthing with a Midwife
   • Giving Birth to Twins or Multiples
   • Birth of a Posterior Baby
   • Birth of a Breech Baby
   • Cesarean section
   • Complicated Birth
   • Emergency Birth
   • Sad Birth Story
4. Send your story to birthstory[at]maternityacupressure.com as an attachment, or by copy pasting your story in your message.
5. In the beginning of your email message, write the birth story category of your selection, your name, and location. You can use a pen name in your story.
6. If you have digital photos related to your birth story, please send in a maximum of three selections as email attachment.
7. If you have a video clip you want to share, please contact emma[at]maternityacupressure.com.

Send your story to birthstory[at]maternityacupressure.com.

IMPORTANT: We do not accept stories that have been published on other websites. The story that you send to us has to be YOUR story.

 

Warmly,

Lena Leino, Ph.D.
Mother, acupressure specialist
Author of Easier, Shorter and Safer Birth

PS. Please be informed that MaternityAcupressure.com might not be able to publish all the stories submitted on its website. If your story is published, it might be slightly edited.  

DISCLAIMER
The material provided in this site is provided for personal, non-commercial, educational and informational purposes only and in no way should be considered as an offering of medical advice. You should regularly consult a licensed health care professional in matters relating to your pregnancy, labor and health in general and particularly in respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.