This year I witnessed a birth and a death.
My son’s first breath revitalized my hope in the world. The newness of his frame refreshed us. My eyes shed tears of gratefulness over the abundance of life. It was the Beginning, and God was with us.
Grandpa’s last breath brought the gravity of death down hard on [...]
Here comes a rant.
I am SICK of people trying to convince me that my birthing experience was hard, traumatic, awful, excruciating, THE WORST THING EVER.
So, Dear People Who Think They Know: Were you there? Did you hold my hand as I accomplished my dream of bringing my child into the world in a calm, peaceful [...]
But I am too sleep-deprived and overwhelmed to put any of the past two weeks into a coherent string of words. We’ll keep it short.
The birth was beautiful. Perfect. SO hard, and SO good.
Life back at home has been sweet, sour, and everything else. Right now I feel like there is no distinction between day [...]
Soooo….he’s still in there. Contractions got stronger, 3 minutes apart, yadda yadda, but when we went in, I hadn’t progressed at all and they started to slow down. Prodromal labor. Luckily for me, the contractions slowed to a stop and I have been able to rest. Some women do this thing for weeks without a [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Is this it? Steady contractions for over 12 hours, increasing in number and intensity….sounds like it might be. I still have my doubts. It might be another 3 weeks! I can still talk through the tightening, they aren’t really consistent, no plug, show or water. But in case this really is the beginning of the [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...My beautiful friend had a beautiful baby.
I don’t have all of the details (yet), but from what little I know, I am encouraged that birth can be an intimate, intense, and wonderful experience that does not need to be handled, managed, and medicalized. I am praying that my own birth follows suit.