Baby's Day Out

Childbirth goes solo.

Comments (0) By Jared Jacang Maher Thursday, May 10 2007
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Next month, she, Jason and Ani are moving to Idaho. They plan to eventually buy some land where they can raise sheep and a few more little Vicks, if God so blesses them. Elizabeth considers this for a moment.

Even if she has a midwife at the house, she wouldn't want the midwife to be in the room the whole time she's in labor. "Maybe," she says, "she would enter as soon as the baby is born to check on it."

The lone birther: Elizabeth Vick gave birth to Ani without a doctor or midwife.
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The lone birther: Elizabeth Vick gave birth to Ani without a doctor or midwife.
Feel the painless: Laura Shanley is considered the foremost authority in the freebirth movement.
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Feel the painless: Laura Shanley is considered the foremost authority in the freebirth movement.

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Elizabeth's mother is relieved to hear the news.

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