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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 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
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
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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DSF Blog
Sep 8, 20218 min read
Mama Fits
By Alison Milan Second-Place Laureate I was born female. To my parents and those in attendance, I was a new baby girl who would someday...
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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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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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Jennifer Roberts
Feb 26, 20216 min read
After Hours
Jennifer Osmond, from Badger, Newfoundland, currently lives in Clarenville, Newfoundland, where she is raising her three beautiful...
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