Midwives

Today is National Midwife Day and so I wanted to reminisce the special day Jane was born. It was a perfect first birth and a beautiful memory to look back on. I felt my water break at 8 at the Idaho Falls Court House, all the major contractions began at midnight and baby Jane was born 5:10 am. I never could have fathomed what this experience works be like or how hard it truly would be. My midwives and doula were perfect for our little family. James was the best support and literally helped me pull through the hardest moments of birth. Jane was a beautiful baby and was so very sweet the moment she was born.

Krista and Shayna were our midwives and were the perfect team accompanied by our wonderful Doula Natalie. They helped James and I know what was going on, stayed calm, brought humor, and truly were perfect. We could not have asked for a better support to bring our first baby into the world. Midwives are amazing!!! They travel at all times of night, get little sleep, have trained themselves to handle any birth complication, bless countless women and help babies arrive safely into this world. They really are incredible! The birth process and the woman's body are miracles. They are meant to be a natural and beautiful process, and midwives have allowed that process to be available to so many women. We live in an era where hospital births are the norm and the only way to go, but the woman's body is designed to have children. I'm so grateful I was blessed to feel and experience the birth process to its fullest with no medication and my mind and body working together so crucially. There is great power in creation. I am grateful there is modern medicine and hospitals for mothers and babies who would otherwise not survive, what a huge blessing that is for these times. Trusting ones body and abilities is empowering though and if you're body can and it is a safe pregnancy choose midwives, choose natural. Women are strong, babies are to!!! Happy Midwifery day!!