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Nature and Nurture, The Doula Way
This post may sound like a form of the classic "Nature Vs Nurture" debate. I assure you, it's not! On October 24th of this year, Doula...

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Nov 5, 20221 min read


She Exists
By Roya Chalaki Honourable Mention My daughter turned five this year on February 20th, 2021. It was the first time among all her other...

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Jan 5, 20225 min read


Embracing and Accepting the Unknown
By Maria Manecuta Honourable Mention It was a quiet Friday night at home. I was relaxing at 39 weeks and 1 day – my first pregnancy....

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Dec 15, 20218 min read


Finding Solace in Our Home
By Rachelle Campbell Honourable Mention NOVEMBER 1, 2020 As I woke, I was surprised by the fact that I almost immediately felt the urge...

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Dec 8, 20216 min read


Bailey's Breech Birth
By Cassidy Piney Honourable Mention This is the story of Cassidy Piney who had a vaginal breech birth with her second daughter in...

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Dec 1, 20218 min read


Planned VBAC, Unplanned Home Birth
By Michelle Barnes Honourable Mention On February 5th, 2021, after 38 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, I had a successful Vaginal Birth...

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Nov 24, 20217 min read


To Carry the Cure
By Tao Hipwell Honourable Mention The narrative that has been written by the major medical model about Type 1 Diabetic birth is not an...

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Nov 17, 20218 min read


Business Trip Baby
By Marle Le Honourable Mention It seemed like a good idea. I was 32 weeks pregnant and about to leave my home in Kingston, Ontario, for a...

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Nov 10, 20216 min read


More Beautiful than the Bright Snow
by Hannah Day Honourable Mention In 2015, I was pregnant with my first child and my due date was December 2, 2015. My partner and I...

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Nov 3, 20217 min read


In the Dark
By Leslie Harris Honourable Mention “Just one push, hold it… there you go… there’s your baby.” I wish I could say my labour, that both of...

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Oct 27, 20214 min read


From the Orgasmic to the Surgical – Two Birth Stories
by Ellie Reynolds Honourable Mention When the day came to birth my second baby, I was delighted. The lights were dim in the theatre of my...

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Oct 13, 20218 min read


Caesarian Birth: Love, Sacrifice, and Surrender
I remember the chill of the operating room, the glare of the lights, and the shadow of green robes moving in and out of my field of...

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Oct 6, 20216 min read


Ainsi soit-elle!
d'Elena Luz Martinez Mention Honorable « Le monde dans lequel nous pénétrons en naissant est brutal et cruel et, en même temps, d’une...

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Sep 29, 20213 min read


New Seasons
By Ruth Daniell Honourable Mention It’s impossible to think about the birth of my first baby without thinking of the birth of my second,...

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Sep 29, 20218 min read


Let Me Tell You About Your Birth
Honourable Mention I had already lost you once. I was so relieved when you decided to try again. The whole first trimester was a scary...

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Sep 22, 20218 min read


Dear Diary - October 1979
By Jennifer Ashton First-Place Laureate This is the original October 1979 entry taken from the Diary of the writer. Well, I have a baby...

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Sep 15, 20218 min read


Winter Rose
By Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Second-Place Laureate “We live at the edge of the miraculous.” -Henry Miller The sun hadn’t yet come up when...

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Sep 8, 20217 min read


A whole new journey
by Marlowe Dibb Thrid-place laureate becoming pregnant as a non-binary queer person was no easy task. it took years and multiple sperm...
Marlowe Dibb
Sep 1, 20217 min read


The Power of Birth Stories
Storytelling has always been an integral part of our human experience. Sharing our knowledge from generation to generation since the...

Lauren Miller
Apr 28, 20212 min read