LEFT: Delray Beach resident Michelle Cerami, a licensed midwife, gave birth to her daughter, Natalie, 5, at home.
RIGHT: Zeresh Altork of Boynton Beach studied to be a doula after the in-home birth of her son, Eiden, 9. She and
doula (2)
Scott and Christel Koedel hold their daughters,
Kaia, born Aug. 3, and Katniss, age 18 months.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
On the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 3, while her Ocean Ridge neighbors tended their gardens, ran errands,