<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:12:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/birthstory/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The birth - When reality doesn't meet your expectations...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the baby there yet? Although I've been working until the very last day, and when I wasn't, I was caught up in so much stress that was caused by the social security system here and mostly their incompentent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165757/@thisismylife/the-birth-when-reality-doesnt-meet-your-expectations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-165757/@thisismylife/the-birth-when-reality-doesnt-meet-your-expectations</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-165757]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thisismylife]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQPP49zhLduhF18k63YBSRwEYvp1CRGnCnG7NToHEVZtr9pWrjwQf3WhHwasjyLWNqoyedjoW5fM8PrXwo9QPhTyJKY88qaGc1gcrk2nFEeJq7GtH4LLJVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth stories & how they met ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We didn't plan for a homebirth, but that wasn't because we feared the idea. When we found out I was pregnant, we actually had no home address. We were living on a boat with our first child. My first was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181335/@beanz/dtrbzdgyfm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-181335/@beanz/dtrbzdgyfm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-181335]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beanz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:13:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsQfsPTXVW21S37YpxQBPckVfU5EuDTb2bgENiXZFJefG82v4fvm1ekvokq7RhAApKKrb2jdDS16BSz3oT6xVXExywQpuvQt7TCVXqhECYQoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauregards Unassisted Home Birth Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[A year ago I gave birth to our second son at home, on the bathroom floor, 10 minutes before the midwife arrived. It wasn’t a quick labor, and the midwife wasn’t late. 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I want to see Maama,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/africa/@faithann/africa-and-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/africa/@faithann/africa-and-me</guid><category><![CDATA[africa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[faithann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:25:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Cramps to Preemie: Our Insanely Stressful Birth Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's right folks, today I had my preemie. My first child, my first son, the one I've absolutely adored feeling kick inside me for the last 8 weeks, the one who's been giving me so much trouble practicing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pregnancy/@bekahthebold/from-cramps-to-preemie-our-insanely-stressful-birth-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pregnancy/@bekahthebold/from-cramps-to-preemie-our-insanely-stressful-birth-story</guid><category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bekahthebold]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 07:00:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruby's Birth Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in Maverick’s birth story, childbirth terrifies me. Feeling contractions for 2 hours then getting an epidural did not make me any less scared to do it all again the second time. Ruby’s pregnancy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motherhood/@hanniepscott/ruby-s-birth-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motherhood/@hanniepscott/ruby-s-birth-story</guid><category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hanniepscott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:14:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwraoUFV8Qc4xPHQpsHrwDanWxpVxRQTKKDWuZUHchApyhLiSjwyeL4W6gQWNQQyy7g3oYvCax5W6SH1Nuid7iWKy6fCGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maverick's Birth Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up and even in adulthood, my second biggest fear (first = frogs) has always been childbirth. When I was little, I just knew by the time I had babies, men would be able to carry and birth them.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motherhood/@hanniepscott/mavericks-birth-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motherhood/@hanniepscott/mavericks-birth-story</guid><category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hanniepscott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:55:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMr5nTMra2sQBVQ3TJgBZq4eCreVi8b3BrcZQ9yiGELkRWv63tUGDpwu1wRYzRL6S1jyDYA6jGvaSz4xM3714yasRBkhWe15xxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Purpose Driven Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is my purpose? What is my calling? What is my ministry? These questions have dominated my quality of life from the day I began applying to colleges my senior year of high school. 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