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Thursday, April 17, 2003
It's Baby Day....yesterday
Yesterday, Corrie had her baby! I was blessed enough to be an invited guest in her home for the grand event. I have lots and lots I want to say about it all, but I will let Corrie post all the details first. The whole process just got me thinking about birth all over again. If I have ever been certain about anything in my life, I am certain about this, birthing babies is my business(taken loosely and twisted around to make sense in this scenario, from Corrie's mom and MIL, who kept quoting 'I don't know nothing about birthing no babies." in their sweet southern accents) Seeing as how it is not feasible for me to birth about 500 babies myself, it seems that midwifery would be the next best thing. I love pregnancy, birth, babies, mamas, the whole lot of it. If I could, I would birth a baby every month for the sheer joy of it all. The rythmic tightening of contractions, the bulging feeling of full dilation, the stinging of the baby crowning(ok maybe I'd only choose to experience that every other month), the feeling of birthing my baby out inch by inch, feeling him rotate and squeeze into the world a bit more are addicting. There should be a twelve step program for people like me. I love it all. Yes it is hard, hard work. Sometimes even painful, but oh, so amazing. Then, there is all the nitty gritty practicality of it all. Of course, I could not practice right now, even if I was trained, while my children are so young. I plan on having another in a few years, so that would extend my time my children were babies a bit more as well. The state I live in, insanity, I mean Ohio, is a bit vague on the legislation regarding midwives in general, much less homebirths. Then there is the pesky detail of insurance. Not medical and dental for myself, but liability for the practice. One could always go the direct entry route you might say. If I were to do it, I likely would become a DEM, backed with formal education as well. However, then I run into the problem of finding a midwife in my area that I could learn from. Not so easy. There is a fairly large Amish community that primarily uses midwives that I could check into. I am wondering how I would learn much with a blanket draped over the mama's nether region though. lol Lots and lots to think about. Lots of time to do think with. See, it is all working out already. :P Note to Self: To witness a birth, is to witness a miracle. *disclaimer: I have no time and half a dozen too many hands helping to proof read today. Deal with it or move along. :P
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