“My contractions were super strong, so I got up and made pancakes” 😂😂 it is so amazing how much strength the Lord gives us mothers and also how much we don’t even realize it I’m 37 weeks and I’m watching this and other home birth videos to prepare myself emotionally and mentally. This is my 9th baby but I need these reminders of our strength our endurance our God given abilities to bring these beautiful babies into the world Thank you so much for sharing ❤❤

Congratulations!! I know for a fact if you had been in the hospital they would have pushed you to get a c-section because you weren’t “progressing” as fast as they thought you should have been. This is just proof that we need to chill out and let our bodies do their thing!! On a different note, I’d love for you to continue to share your knowledge on pregnancy and birth. You are so knowledgeable and there just aren’t a lot of channels out there who can so eloquently talk about these topics. More women need to be empowered and informed in making their own choices when it comes to their labor and delivery.

I so so admire how unfazed you are at every stage of having a baby. How intune you are with your body and your baby. Im so blown away by your strength of character in not having any interference in your baby's birth. That you allow yourself to be just you and your baby having the experience together. I think it's absolutely beautiful 😊

A baby borne of laughter, he will be the bringer of joy and smiles to everyone he meets in his life ❤

Congratulations! I never had a baby, but it's clear to me that I don't want to give birth in a hospital-for several reasons. I absolutely admire the amount of confidence you have in this matter. I understand you were a nurse, and it's also your personality type, but it still amazes me how you handle these situations. It is such a natural process and yet society and medical professionals try to convince you that it is a disease you don't know anything about it and you need them to guide you! Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

"Congratulations!" "He is adorable!" I love the little newborn noises! What a miracle!❤👣❤️So happy he's here! Awesome job Mama!🤗

Congratulations! I'm a single older guy with no plans for having kids, but I love to hear a story like yours. My point being, is that we are not alike in that regard but very much respect your journey, and contribution to society.

Love homebithing!!!!! I loved my wonderful midwives that sat and knitted in the corner until I said I'm ready to deliver...such precious memories 💖

Yep 2 membranes! Some clear waters are no worries and no reason to rush 😊 way to go Steph 🙌🏼 this is why birth education matters and is a huge part of good birth support!

Congratulations!! I also have a week old baby as well. She came out at 41 + 2. My second VBAC! It’s such a blissful and amazing time. Thank you for sharing this experience with all of us❤

Congratulations! He's absolutely beautiful! Very interesting birth story! I had my 5th last November! 😊 For any mama's considering drinking castor oil, you don't need to do that! Take a generous handful of it and massage it in circles on your tummy then put a towel over it to keep it from getting messy and reapply as needed every couple hours! Castor oil penetrates deeply and putting it on your tummy like that won't make you have uncontrollable diarrhea

Congratulations Steph 🥰🥰🥰 you are a real Wild Woman who has a knowing that has been taken away from woman due to the controlled medical industry. I live vicariously through you dreaming of what could have been for me when I had my kids 30 years ago. I love that you teach the next generations to become empowered with their own inner knowledge that is there buried deep inside our soul. Enjoy your divine little man……thanks for sharing 🙏🥰

My second baby had a cord over 3ft long too. He had the cord wrapped around his neck 4 times and he was purple and not breathing when he came out. It was a hospital induction birth and it was a horrific experience. He is a happy and normal 11 year old boy now.

Wow girl you are a super mom! I haven't even watched the video ...just saw it pop up with you holding your little one. ❤ 🎉congratulations! What a beautiful blessing.

Congrats Mama! Thanks so much for sharing! I’m currently 40w 1d & this is such an encouragement to hear. We’re having an unassisted birth as well & I’m going to have my husband listen to your story. Welcome to the world Freddy!

I remember when you posted your home birth for Ernie ❤ such a blessing to see another successful home birth! Congratulations on your new baby 🎉

What a wonderful story! Back in my day a home birth simply wasn't done. Nursing wasn't even acceptable. I was stubborn and didn't tell anyone I was in labor until my water broke so that I would be left in peace. Unfortunately, I am one who needed urgent medical intervention with serious complications. We must remember that all births are different and not judge one another. I'm so glad you are open and shared your experience with us❣️

I love that you’ve used your medical training to your advantage and you know what to look for during birth.

Congratulations on your little Fredrick’s arrival!! I loved your story about your birth….many blessings to your whole family🙏!

This is so unbelievably exciting!!!!❤🎉 Congratulations! You’re such a rockstar momma and so inspiring by. Y’all’s baby boy is an absolute angel. Thanks so much for including us with your journey and sharing the details.

Congratulations!!! 🎊🍾🎉 happy you had a wonderful delivery and baby’s safe arrival!

My heart is melting!!!! Welcome, baby!

That’s an awesome story. I love how informed and calm you are.

I never get tired of birth stories. Congratulations on your baby boy!

Welcome to the world, Freddy! Congratulations!

Congratulations!!!❤ your little boy is adorable!!!😊😊 I too worked in hospitals and nursing homes for 45 yrs lol. When you mentioned mRSA, i felt my face crinkle up. That horrific smell just never leaves your memory. Not only the smell, but the knowledge that if one patient has it, it has already spread and you won't be getting ANY respite from it for probably weeks. Ugh i don't miss that!!

I love this! I had a stroke when I went into labor with my first, so I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’ll never be able to have the experience I wanted. Stories like this give me hope that my daughter will have it better than I did!

So proud of you, Steph, for allowing your body to do what God designed it to do. I'm 65 and had my last 3 in a time when women were given no say in trying vaginal birth after C-section, so I really enjoyed hearing your birth story and have to tell you I believe you to be the first Mom I've ever heard tell of her deliberate, unassisted home birth! 🥰 Congratulations to you all on the birth of Freddie! Looking forward to watching him grow right along with your other children. God's blessings be upon you and your household, and a very blessed Happy Easter wish to you all! 🙏🌷🪻❤

Congratulations Stephanie! Loved hearing baby Freddy’s birth story. 🩵 another beautiful addition to your family!

Congratulations on the newest addition to your family! He’s beautiful and you look incredible. Both of mine also had super long cords and I had the triple nuchal thing with my first too, it was a non issue as you said. God bless and enjoy these magical postpartum moments, nothing beats them.

Awww Steph! I had a couple people comment on my channel to come watch this because I JUST released my home birth video last week and I too had a triple nuchal cord!!! I'm so glad your birth went well. Enjoy this postpartum bliss!!

Big Congratulations on your precious new 'gift'! Welcome little Freddie to the world! Thanks so much for sharing all this info, great job! Blessings to you and your family.

So happy for you! Babies are such little miracles! Congratulations to you and your family.

Congratulations on this new blessing! I have 6 children and they were all hospital births. Im envious of your experiences being able to really trust your own body and go through the process. I always had so many interventions even though I delivered them all naturally. It was always so traumatic! Its so beautiful what our bodies can do. God Bless Frederick!

Congratulations to your beautiful birth of baby Freddy! Loved your birthing story. I’m sure you and the family are just loving him up!

Congratulations! I've been patiently waiting for an update with your lil'handsome! So happy for you and your family. God Bless!

Congratulations! May God bless baby Freddy, you and your family! 🎉❤ It truly is so cool to hear about your births, and your overall knowledge. I love the details of birth! It was so cool to hear that you could feel and know that one layer of your sac burst first, to having a triple nuchal cord, to having a cord so long you could use it help deliver the placenta (that awesome tip about the cord is one I’ve never heard before and that’s great info!) You are such a fierce mama, I love your strong convictions and your trust in your God-given intuition, you’re inspiring! God bless you and yours and I hope your postpartum is restful and pleasant ❤

I am so glad you got to have this baby at home! I know how intervened birth is in the hospital, especially anytime anything is slightly varied from “normal“. We just had our third earthside baby in December. He is first boy and first born at home and we are so grateful to have gone this route. Praying blessings for you and your family during this sweet and sensitive time. ❤

A VERY CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! May God Bless you and the baby!!!!

Ohh my gosh how wonderful! CONGRATULATIONS!!! So Happy for you!!!! Many blessings! You look so beautiful!!! Thank you for posting!!!

Omg! I just been following you a week and I just love so much about you and admire your beautiful home and life/ homestead!!!! One days goals that our family is slowly working too!!! You're so beautiful and don't change a thing but to improve! Keep up the great work

Beautiful baby! Congratulations Steph,so happy for you. God bless you and your family xxxx

Congratulations!!! What a beautiful birth story!! Little Freddie is just adorable!! 🎉 Like the others who have commented, I, too, am in awe of your strength and confidence in childbirth. To me, this is the way childbirth should be. Relaxed, in a quiet, dark room at HOME.... Like, seriously, who can rest/LABOR in a hospital with all the noises and the revolving door of people constantly in/out of your room?? Big props to you for doing things YOUR WAY!! And, if I'm not mistaken, what I think I heard you say is that you acted as your own midwife. Very inspiring! What a calm, brave, supermom you are!! My mother-in-law, who is now almost 80 years old, was born at home, and she weighed 14 lbs. Her Momma delivered her just fine, with no complications.

Congratulations! So glad to hear things went so well! Enjoy that beautiful family 🙏🏻

Congratulations 💙 You are one strong lady having an unassisted home birth, I’m sure your experience in healthcare gave you the confidence in doing so. My baby days are long over ( I’m 57) but had they not been I would totally want to deliver this way. It’s exactly how it’s suppose to be….in a relaxed state of mind, resting, listen to your body and enjoying the experience in a peaceful space. I thought I had done a great job with only 6 hours from beginning to end (in a hospital) with no drugs but you my dear crushed it! Many blessings to you and your beautiful family.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Been checking every day and no baby….then today….this video!!!💕💕💕 So glad it went well and that you are getting into a normal routine with baby Freddy💕 Sleep/rest when you can. We’ll be here when you’re ready to post another video….take your time.

Your story is so special! Congratulations! Thank you for sharing, love and health to you and whole family. Super cuddles for the baby 💝

Congratulations 🎉 Thank you for sharing your natural and wonderful story. So many women need this assurance and information. So important to trust your instincts and listening to your body. Such a warrior mama! ❤

Congratulations, and thank you for sharing your story. I never even knew that unassisted home births was a thing. Amazing!!

Congratulations!! You are so inspiring and I’m so thankful I found your channel ❤

Blessings to you, baby boy, and whole family! Loved hearing how much you were able to describe your birthing experience and how you followed what your body&mind &spirit needed to do... amazing!

What a super mom you are!😊 so glad you had a healthy baby. He is so cute. Been. Waiting and watching your videos to see when you had him. So excited when this post popped up today.❤

So Sso blessed to have found your channel - planning my first birth as a home birth - I do have a very chill doula and preparing for the best outcome - your notes and thoughts and lived experience are a gold mine and I hope you enjoy your new baby!!!!

I'm so happy that you had your baby safely and in a way that you wanted!

Nice to meet you, Freddy, finally. 😁 So good to hear all's well. 💙

Omgg I kept saying “same” throughout the video 😆 I had a very peaceful home birth & I was in labour for 36hrs. Turned out her cord was around her neck 3 times too!! Now I know why it took so long for her to come out 😆 congratulations!! 🎈

Congratulations! 🎉 Thank you for sharing your birth story, I sure do wish mine went as well as yours. Unfortunately with 2 of my babies my urge to push was intense and I ended up tearing inside and out. Freddy is an absolute doll, congratulations again.

Congratulations on your new baby!! ❤

Congratulations on your new baby boy. You are a very strong Mom to go through all that you did by yourself. Good job.

I absolutely love your confidence! If more moms felt as confident and secure, there would be less panic and emergencies. I love hearing this!! Thank you for sharing ❤

congratulations!!! Happy Birthday Freddy!

What a beautiful birth story. Congratulations! What a blessing you are so informed and able to do this at home. I had my babies at home with a traditional midwife, and I began training as a traditional midwife. However, my marriage wasn't good, and I knew I had to be able to support myself and 2 kids on my own, so I became an L & D nurse. It is such a mess of interventions in the hospital. Who knows what crazy outcome would have occurred. I retired early due to injuries on the job and I realize how much I missed the natural process of home birthing and following our instincts. Beautiful Blessings to little Freddie and your family 💞

Congratulations 🎈 I’m due in 4 weeks with baby #4! I’ve had all of mine with the same midwife who is so great I can’t imagine having a baby without her! I actually live in an airbnb for the time being just so she can be at my birth! She’s a Christian and had 12 kids herself and always let me do my thing with every birth. With my first baby she saved me from having a hospital birth when I didn’t know better you know :) God bless you and your family! 😊

❤ you’re my hero! Congratulations Stephanie!

CONGRATS!!! Sending many prayers from Northern Canada!!!

Love this, I'm a grandmother now. But I'm saving this to send to all the young ladies I Know. What a wonderful example you are for the wise and powerful women we can be if we trust in ourselves. Bless you and the gorgeous Freddy. ❤❤

What a beautiful story. I’m 60 years old and never had children. This birth story was so comforting and natural. Thank you for sharing. God bless you. I pray that if you have anymore children, that you continue to have the birth ther you want. Much love.

I’ve been waiting with bated breath and prayers for this joyous announcement. To God be the Glory great things He hath done. Congratulations to you and your lovely family. 🙏👶❤

I've been wondering about you! I'm so happy for you & your family❤❤ congrats❤

Unrelated but that bed!! The design is to die for!

Congratulations on your precious baby boy! Such a blessing! ❤️

Congratulations, you know I admire a woman who knows her body, does her do diligence and respects the process.🦋

What a wonderful story, you're so calm and courageous. Congratulations!

So happy for you. My mom said the cord was wrapped around my neck twice and she was over due. Blessings on you all.

He looks so healthy and perfect. I wish I could turn back time and be able to have done this instead of going to hospital with all my births. You are so inspiring sister!!

Huge respect to you for doing it by yourself. And many congratulations. Lots of love. ❤

This is the second video of yours I’ve watched, after the sourdough discard recipes. And I officially love this channel! You are one awesome mama!

Congratulations to you, hubby & yr children on yr new addition Fred Bravo for your courage, I seen red flags all through & you both got through without any damage!!

Congratulations!! Happy post Labor Day🌹🌹🌹 Welcome to the world Freddy!!

Congratulations!! Your birth story was full of information and such a beautiful birth! Praising God for you and your family!

So happy for you and your family! He is perfect and you are so strong and calm 🩵

Thank you for sharing with us. This was amazing and I am grateful to God that you and baby are ok. Rest and enjoy!! Congratulations.

Woooowhoooooo!!!! Happy BIRTH DAY Freddie!!! Congratulations momma on your beautiful birth story and thank you for sharing it. I’m glad you have had the time to rest and relax. Thank you for sharing what you did to get the placenta moving, that’s not something most people would even talk about let alone share but I’m so glad you are open and honest. Because there are lots of us that have no idea how to help another in labour. I have had two children but both were by C-section and I wasn’t awake for either of them. I missed the very beginning of their lives mostly because the first was pushed from the very beginning, the put me on a drip to push my labour and then they broke my water which was a very strange feeling and I would say it was two litres of fluid and the water felt incredibly warm and my stomach decreased a lot as I was laying on my back during that time. That’s amazing that you are able to sleep in bed with your babies! I was always so afraid of rolling on top of them. Welcome to the world Freddie! You have lucked out with an incredible family and I’m sure your siblings will teach you everything they know. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing your beautiful story. I’ll check out last weeks video. I have a new granddaughter on the way in July this year and I am supporting my daughter in any way I can she has an amazing daughter already and a wonderfully helpful hubby. God bless you and your family. ❤️🥰🇨🇦🙏🏻❤️🥰🍁

So fun to listen to! I am 37.5 with my 7th baby and I always go early so we are getting excited. My last was a 1 hr 20 minute labor, unassited. Its so fun to anticipate and see how different each birth is!❤

Congratulations! God bless and keep you, little Freddy and all of your beautiful family.

Blessings to you and your whole family on the birth of your newest little one. Hearing his cute cooing during the video just melted my heart. The miracle of conception, pregnancy and birth are such a blessing and gift from God, our creator. I'm glad you were able to fully enjoy the process of your cute little one's birth quietly and peacefully at home. I'm sure we all look forward to seeing him bundled up with you in upcoming videos.

im also having my 5th in 5 weeks- had birth center and hospital births previously- taking a big fat chunk out of my savings to pay the HB midwife. told my husband if all goes well ill go unassisted next time! haha. you make it sound so ideal!

God bless you dear mama. So very educational and INSPIRING. You are a REAL one I absolutely adore who you are and how you are existing!!! God bless and keep baby Frederick! What a miracle.

Awwww sweet baby , Congrats to You & Your family on the new sweet baby boy !

Congratulations! Welcome to the world sweet Freddy! 🎉 I enjoy the birth day stories so much. I am a mother of 3 and expecting my first grandbaby. I want to be reacquainted with all the happenings of natural birth.

Congratulations🎉! May god continue to bless your family .

Congratulations! I loved hearing your story. I wish I’d have seen this when I had my children. ❤

Wow congratulations! I just had baby #2 and the baby was born 30 mins after arriving at the hospital. Hearing you talk about your birth just encourages me even more to birth at home for our other babies. Definitely a different approach for me and my inner circe. I did most of the laboring at home for bb #2 and even though the hospital midwife made me push in bed I was able to move sideways at the last moment and it felt so much more comfortable then on my back as she had instructed.

What a beautiful story. Congratulations!!!! Beautiful baby boy.

Absolutely everything about this delivery, With my 6 kids, I had 2 home births & loved them. I think it's so sad the scare that is engrained in women that home birth is dangerous! My opinion..my 2nd was born 3 months early, just what happened to that pregnancy & yes he had to be born in a hospital. The doctors told me to never have anymore babies cause the same thing would happen. My 3rd-6th were all born just fine & again if I new what I know now, I would have done things even more natural with my last 3. I'm so glad your sharing these stories, ladies to know it's ok to do home births like this.

Welcome to earth baby Freddie - we are so happy you have joined us all ❤ Hey Mamma - what a woman ! You embody what it is to be a woman really beautifully Steph. I'm so happy for you and your family 😃😃

Beautiful birth story! Beautiful baby boy! Thank you so much for sharing! Rest and enjoy every second!

I loved listening to your birth story. You are a truly an amazing woman. Inspiration for everyone out there. Thank you for sharing with us.

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you and your family with this new arrival! You have inspired me greatly, and this seems like the time to "thank you" for it. My husband and I thought we were done having children, with our youngest being eight years old. But, secretly, our 12-year-old daughter had been praying for a baby brother... you should have seen her face when she learned a sibling was coming. I found your positive birth story with baby Ernie, and I felt so deeply that I could have a birth without an epidural. I have always been induced and then went for the epidural. The due date came, and it looked like I needed to be induced again. Instead of starting on Pitocin right away, I was given something to soften the cervix, but before I was given Pitocin, my water broke, and labor kicked in. My husband was so supportive and advocated for me when the nurse kept pushing an epidural. By God's blessing and grace, I delivered a perfect baby boy, our ninth at the age of 46, without an epidural. This was the birth story I have so longed to have, and reading your story helped me believe that it could happen. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but I'm so thankful for the experience, and I'm thankful to you for sharing your story and being an encouragement just by being you!

Congratulations! Welcome to the world little Freddy!