I live in an apartment complex. My neighbors, with whom I share a wall, decided to have a home birth in their apartment. I decided that I would live-blog the entire event from my perspective. This is the result.

• Part 1: Preparations
• Part 2: Latent Labor
• Part 3: The Miracle of Conception
• Part 4: The Miracle of Birth
• Part 5: Waiting
• Part 6: Inducing Labor
• Part 7: Placenta Disposal Methods
• Part 8: The Anticlimax of Birth
• Part 9: Happy Endings