In that moment, all I wanted was to see Archie’s face. So I asked if he could trade places with the midwife who knelt in front of me. They managed to make the switch. Now I leaned on Archie and searched his face for “je ne sais quoi.”
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2021
My Second Experience of Labor Pains
The midwife during our first home birth was so wonderful and we had such an awesome experience, back labor notwithstanding, that we were sure we’d try for another home birth when we learnt we were pregnant again. Unfortunately we’d moved from Michigan to Maryland and couldn’t use the same midwife. Additionally, by the time we’d …
My First Experience of Labor Pains
I’ve been blessed to have three home births. A good college friend of mine convinced me to give it a shot with my first born. She’d had 2 hospital births which ended up being c-sections and was convinced that the operation would not have been necessary were it not for all the other interventions. So …