by Chamomile Nusz… Xavian threatened an early arrival. Five weeks before his due date I slipped on some stairs, not a big fall just a bump, but enough to start labor the next afternoon. Contractions were regular and Tree (Jane) came over to see what she thought. I was in good spirits because I was…
by Marta Thunder… My third pregnancy was easy. I had been going to the gym, finally getting back into a nice workout routine with weights and running. I felt really great. I don’t know if that helped with feeling so well in the beginning, but I just felt like I had a lot of energy. …
by The Biesack Family… We found out we were pregnant with our first child in March 2019. During the pregnancy, a lot of big things happened. We moved our lives from the east coast to the midwest. We left behind long time friends and family to start a business and a family of our own…
by Louise Pease… Through the nearly 8 years of, first, realizing my own infertility, then having corrective surgery and, finally, searching for adoption success, Tree Marie (now known by many as Jane Peterson) was a wonderful friend, beginning her work with midwifery. (Interestingly, her first baby, our neighbor, Leif, was conceived in October. 1978, the…
by Laura Menningen… When my husband and I found out that we were expecting our seventh child, I knew that I needed to look into a planned homebirth with a midwife. Our fourth child was born at home into my husband’s hands after a very fast labor. Although our baby and I were just fine,…
by Stacy Mathis… I started researching homebirth when I was pregnant with my 2nd child in 2003 after reading an article about the topic. My husband, Sam, did not disapprove of the idea, but was uncomfortable with it since this was his first child and we knew of no one that had given birth outside of…
by Craig Tormoen… Auspicious is as accurate as any word we could find to describe the day. We also felt serene and serendipitous seemed to be appropriate (both found on page 1119 of The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Edition). Actually the entire week was rather auspicious as we watched the moon rise night after night. We had crystal clear skies here all week…
by Cliff & Melissa Heiser… Spring of 2008 my husband and I decided that we wanted to try to have our first baby. After much research I came across In The Beginning. We met Jane that summer. We had an awesome meeting, where she explained their services, answered all of our questions and gave us…
by Dr. Rob & Mary Blohowiak… Sometimes things just don’t go how you expect. This seemed to be the theme of our lives when I got pregnant with our third child. We were settled in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. We weren’t going anywhere. That is until my husband decided to purchase an equine practice in Neenah, Wisconsin….