When I put out a call for local homebirthers to tell me their stories, I got a healthy response. The tales ranged widely. One woman unexpectedly delivered in her driveway just after getting in the car to drive to Martha Jefferson. One woman had five hospital births, then chose homebirth for her sixth baby. One had two successful homebirths, then decided to become a midwife herself. The Charlottesville birth landscape is changing in many ways. Read the cover story here, and don’t forget to leave comments.