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The Home Birth of Naomi Faith

**WARNING: A couple graphic birth photos in video. Do not watch if you don't want to see or do not appreciate that birth is a normal, natural process. Do not watch/read if boobs, vagina, blood, or poop as it relates to birth offend you. The beauty of home birth for me is that I got to birth how I wanted without direction or mandates from anyone. Not that I preplanned how I was going to do it, but I just followed my body's intuition and desire. All 3 of my births were different and I didn't birth in the same position with any of them. Thanks for reading. I hope moms preparing for natural birth will be inspired and others will enjoy the miracle of birth as told through Naomi's birth.  Naomi was "due" on July 4th. Strong Braxton Hicks (BH) contractions started around week 39 so I was hopeful she would make her debut close to her estimated due date (EDD). But days kept passing... On week 40, I visited my acupuncturist (acu) as my tradition has been...