title: Your birth story: to dexter Michael o'brien-born october 5, 2006, at 1:35 a.m.
abstract: In this column, a mother offers her son a poignant description of his home birth, surrounded by family, friends, and two midwives.
authors.affiliation: AMY ROMANO is a certified nurse-midwife and author. She is also the Perinatal Research and Advocacy Coordinator for the Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth ( www.lamaze.org ).
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Romano