Like I mentioned before, my first baby started it all. I was a young military spouse, planning to give birth at the local military hospital. What I experienced was not the care I wanted to receive. Long appointment waits, never seeing the same provider, providers not respecting my wishes, and so on. I eventually got fed up and started researching my options and ended up moving back to Washington to have a home birth with midwives. (Crazy, I know!) Though I had such an empowering experience that I went on to birth each of my consecutive pregnancies in our home, with the assistance of midwives. I also have experience with extended breastfeeding, tandem breastfeeding, babywearing, cloth diapering and more.