As I was working on that, I started looking at my birth photos again. They brought me to tears! How amazing my birth with my son was. I would like to share them with you all. I do not typically open up this much, but I'm feeling very compelled to do so.
For those of you that don't know, I chose to have an unassisted homebirth with my son. I hired a doula only. This may be an extreme to some, but I'm studying to be a midwife one day and my husband and I felt very confident and knowledgeable in our choice. At the time, we lived within 60 seconds of a hospital and across the street from the fire department. But mostly, we had extreme faith in God and that for some reason, that was the path we were to take.
Having a completely natural childbirth is something that is difficult to express in words. It was miraculous. It was amazing. It was empowering. It was the best pain I've ever felt. Pain with a reason. The feeling of pushing my son from my body was a completely different state of conciousness. I began shaking untrollably after the birth, for probably a good 10 minutes because of all the horomones and blood pumping through my body. It was nothing like I had ever felt before. I truly do not look back on it and think "that was so hard, so painful, I can't believe I got through it". Not at all. I look back with awe, amazement and joy. I long to give birth again. I could skip the pregnancy all day long, I just want to give birth. This experience only further convicted me to go into the field of inspiring and assisting other pregnant women. I truly believe that God created our bodies to do this and that ALL women have the power to give birth naturally. I am so very blessed to be given the chance to birth twise my self and the chance to take part in others' births. I feel chosen to take on this position, as if it really is God's plan for me. I've been thinking a lot about my career desires, my skills, my goals...and how this can be tied in with ministry. I would LOVE to encourage, support, and assist women in having satisfying births within the church.....
Ok enough random mind blabber, I'll let your minds feast on that- and these pictures. Enjoy my sweet friends. :)
"For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well." Psalm 139:13-14
8 comments:
Amazing, Kat! I can't wait to have that experience myself. What an empowering thing.
What you said about birth is so true, pain with a reason. That's really something that I had trouble remembering. Actually, I completely forgot there was a baby involved when I was pushing. lol
just found this for you http://babydavies.blogspot.com/2009/01/wait-second.html
Pretty neat. I saw you on Sara Taylor's blog and wanted to comment on yours. I have had three children. All natural births, at the hospital! My labors go extremly fast!!!!! As my second child ws born in our truck in the parking lot of the hospital we had just arrived at! My third the doctors asked me if I wanted drugs and I said no and they were extremly supportive! I was so far into labor it would have been silly anyway! 9cm's when I arrived! My first was kind of the same, I was 8cm's when arrived!
The first labor was six hours and the last two were 3! I loved giving birth naturally and am so glad the Lord blessed me with quick labors!!!!!!
AK, thanks for the comment! And I do think it's great that God has blessed you with quick labors. I'd love to check out your blog but I'm not finding a link to it?
Natural birth is beautiful. I birthed my youngest 2 in a similar knee squat position.
I love your story. *heart*
BTW, checked out your myspace...looks good! What about doing it on Facebook, too?
I have been clicking around on your blog and reading some of your older posts. Of course I will comment this one because you know how much I lOvE birth!! Beautiful blog!! It brought me back to Tytus' birth,I love to think about it.
So glad that we get to talk about birth stuff together!!! :)
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