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mother knows best; For her second child, Daphne Beal made an unconventional decision-and joined a growing group of women choosing the joys and risks of home birth.

Vogue

| November 01, 2007 | Beal, Daphne | COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Daphne Beal

There's the heartbeat. Do you want to hear it?" Cara said, handing me the stethoscope. She knelt beside me and positioned the chest piece low on my nearly seven-months-pregnant belly. Even when I concentrated it sounded so faint. My two-year-old son, Owen, came over to watch. Did he want to try? He did, but then he got shy and ran back to his trucks. Cara produced a battery-operated Doppler monitor and broadcast the heartbeat into our living room to an audience of four: myself; Owen; my husband, Sean; and our baby-sitter. We all listened raptly to the steady sound. Afterward Cara and I had tea at the kitchen table while I peppered her with ...

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