Babies are born every day of the year but each childbirth experience is unique to each woman. Here, members of Florida Friends of Midwives share their own stories of natural childbirth. These stories expose birth's beauty, the challenges each woman faced and their ultimate triumph. We hope this collection offers some insight into what women expect from midwifery care and what midwifery has to offer you as you explore your childbirth options.

Just a word of caution, none of the information included in these stories is intended to take the place of advice from a health care professional. If you have questions or uncertainties, please discuss them with your midwife.

• The Birth of Jade

• The Birth of Jack

• My Unanticipated High-speed Angel

• Nathan's Precipitous Birth Story

• The Homebirth of Evan Reese

• From Walmart to Baby in 19 Minutes

• Experiencing Birth is Empowering

• Aaron's Birth Story

• The Birth of Hailey

• A Birth Story in 3 Acts

• Nehama's Birth

• Birth A Natural Choice

• Bundle of Joy

How to Submit Your Birth Story:

If you would like to submit of your birth with a Florida midwife, here is what to do: 

• Submit your story in a .txt or .doc format.  All stories should be accompanied by photographs in .jpeg, .jpg, .eps format.

• Include your name and a title for the story.

• Stories should be ¾ page to 1 ½ pages. Try to separate your story in to several paragraphs.

• Please spell check your story before you send to us! It sounds very basic, but it is important and helps us get the stories up sooner. We will make corrections if necessary, but you will help us out greatly if you spend some time checking your story for accurate spelling and grammar.

• We will notify you if your story is used and provide you with a link to view it on the website. Again, please be aware that we may edit your story for grammar, punctuation, spelling and length if necessary. It may take us up to a month to post your story, if it's used. Try to be patient with us.

• VERY IMPORTANT! You MUST include a statement with your story that you give FFOM permission to print your story. We cannot publish it to the web without this statement!

Send your stories to us at stories@flmidwifery.org.