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Jan 5, 20225 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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DSF Blog
Dec 15, 20218 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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DSF Blog
Dec 8, 20216 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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DSF Blog
Dec 1, 20218 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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DSF Blog
Nov 24, 20217 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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DSF Blog
Nov 17, 20218 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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DSF Blog
Nov 10, 20216 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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DSF Blog
Nov 3, 20217 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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DSF Blog
Oct 27, 20214 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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DSF Blog
Oct 13, 20218 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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DSF Blog
Oct 6, 20216 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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DSF Blog
Sep 29, 20218 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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DSF Blog
Sep 22, 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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DSF Blog
Sep 15, 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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DSF Blog
Sep 8, 20217 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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Marlowe Dibb
Sep 1, 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...
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Lauren Miller
Apr 28, 20212 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...
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Jessica Cheyne
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Through the Doula's Eyes
Jessica is the owner of Soothe Doula Services. What motivated her to start it was hearing the stories of many birthing people and their...
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Aly Guildford
Mar 12, 20216 min read
Miles to Journey Through
Aly has settled in Huntsville Ontario. She met her husband in high school and they have been together ever since. They currently have two...
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