Oskar’s Birth Story (part II) – a redemption story

(Read part I here first) There is laundry currently drying where I gave birth to my son. I chose to have a home birth this time. When I suggested it at my booking in appointment, the midwife almost jumped up with excitement (they are trying to increase the number of home births in the country…

Oskar’s Birth Story (part I) – on befriending my fear

There is laundry currently drying on the spot where I gave birth to my son. We inflated the birth pool around my due date, even though it took up about a third of our living room, just to be ready. It loomed large those next eight days while we waited for him to make an…