It
is true... I so find myself places I never expected to be... it is good
though... so very good, though I am afraid at times... But not too
afraid to keep going!
"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd.
The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before."
~Albert Einstein
Fingerprints All Over My Heart
Day 19
Today was quiet. I slept in a little and then came over and did the newborn check and bath on this little beauty (stealing your pic Rachel because it is so much better than mine!) before sending her smiling mother home to introduce her newest little princess to the rest of her brood. Took a walk and took some pictures. Had various others come through and now we have a mama in labor and away this new little person's arrival earthside. This couple is adorable and he is attentively attending his love through each contraction... they are both so lovely to behold together... her little small sounds of distress and the love in his eyes! Mmmm..... good stuff for sure!
Day 19
Today was quiet. I slept in a little and then came over and did the newborn check and bath on this little beauty (stealing your pic Rachel because it is so much better than mine!) before sending her smiling mother home to introduce her newest little princess to the rest of her brood. Took a walk and took some pictures. Had various others come through and now we have a mama in labor and away this new little person's arrival earthside. This couple is adorable and he is attentively attending his love through each contraction... they are both so lovely to behold together... her little small sounds of distress and the love in his eyes! Mmmm..... good stuff for sure!
Fingerprints All Over My Heart
Day 20
What a wonderful day! Met a newcomer to the planet this morning in the wee hours. Poor little brave mama, labored long but the fruit of that labor was sweet! Such a gorgeous couple, he so loving and attentive and she looking at him with large needy eyes and drawing from his strength. Then the two of them so in love with their precious new daughter. The morning brought another labor and prenatal appointments stacking up, but everyone was seen to, and then after a quick lunch a bouncing baby boy around 8 lbs came and graced us with his beauty! This was a tough labor as well for a small mama. Mama is resting and baby is checked out, bathed and tucked in safely beside her. They both look so contented. Afternoon brought a string of postpartums and I got to get reacquainted with some of the babies I met briefly 3 days ago as they began their journeys. Now we are off to have dinner together at Jeri's house. What a thoroughly satisfying day for by any midwife's standards! Loving this place! Loving my calling! But OH! I am missing my family! Only for a little while my loves....
Day 20
What a wonderful day! Met a newcomer to the planet this morning in the wee hours. Poor little brave mama, labored long but the fruit of that labor was sweet! Such a gorgeous couple, he so loving and attentive and she looking at him with large needy eyes and drawing from his strength. Then the two of them so in love with their precious new daughter. The morning brought another labor and prenatal appointments stacking up, but everyone was seen to, and then after a quick lunch a bouncing baby boy around 8 lbs came and graced us with his beauty! This was a tough labor as well for a small mama. Mama is resting and baby is checked out, bathed and tucked in safely beside her. They both look so contented. Afternoon brought a string of postpartums and I got to get reacquainted with some of the babies I met briefly 3 days ago as they began their journeys. Now we are off to have dinner together at Jeri's house. What a thoroughly satisfying day for by any midwife's standards! Loving this place! Loving my calling! But OH! I am missing my family! Only for a little while my loves....
Day 23
Fingerprints All Over My Heart
I haven't posted for a couple of days. Needed a break. I have been working on paperwork and allowing God to work some things out in my heart and mind as well. Wonderful night/day of learning last evening and this morning, though I let myself get too tired. Sometimes even that is good and you can get past all the little walls that you build up inside that can prevent growth. We had a young mama in last night with malpresentation (asynclitic and posterior). She also had a rough time during transition and at one point her mother was insisting we transport her to the hospital because she was experiencing some real weakness almost to the point of fainting. One of the wonderful midwives called the driver (sorry Darren! We got you out of bed for nothing...) and at the same time fed the mama some brown sugar and spoke softly to her in the most beautiful musical voice telling her that her baby was almost here. This gave this tired young mama a second wind and soon she was pushing. It went on for almost two hours because of the malpresentation and we could literally see the baby turning at the perineum. On the technical side I learned that the pressure of strong contractions can make a caput feel like no caput at all, I also learned that young healthy mamas' perineums can be a cinch to suture. I tried hard to keep her from tearing but to no avail. Oh well... it happens. Sweet little baby who was literally cooing to me not long after birth and looking so deeply into my eyes I almost broke down in tear. After a bit of anxiety over the mama's hard birth, fearing we were looking at a possible shoulder dystocia (it wasn't) and just a combination of exhaustion and homesickness. How a tiny little baby less than an hour old could bring such a level of healing to me in just a few beats of our hearts and a few seconds of held gazes is a mystery to me, but I will carry those glances with me forever. God's spirit was in the room with me in those moments and I had so much to thank him for as I laid my head down to sleep at long last. I am thankful for dear midwives with true teachers' hearts and good friends in the form of two beautiful and smart young women both called Rachel that were with me every step of the way supporting and helping in so many little ways. Most of all I am so thankful to be called to be one of the many "gatekeepers" of safety as women choose their birthplace and attendant and give birth in the way that is right for them. It is such an amazing honor to be called by the creator to do this very special work!
Fingerprints All Over My Heart
I haven't posted for a couple of days. Needed a break. I have been working on paperwork and allowing God to work some things out in my heart and mind as well. Wonderful night/day of learning last evening and this morning, though I let myself get too tired. Sometimes even that is good and you can get past all the little walls that you build up inside that can prevent growth. We had a young mama in last night with malpresentation (asynclitic and posterior). She also had a rough time during transition and at one point her mother was insisting we transport her to the hospital because she was experiencing some real weakness almost to the point of fainting. One of the wonderful midwives called the driver (sorry Darren! We got you out of bed for nothing...) and at the same time fed the mama some brown sugar and spoke softly to her in the most beautiful musical voice telling her that her baby was almost here. This gave this tired young mama a second wind and soon she was pushing. It went on for almost two hours because of the malpresentation and we could literally see the baby turning at the perineum. On the technical side I learned that the pressure of strong contractions can make a caput feel like no caput at all, I also learned that young healthy mamas' perineums can be a cinch to suture. I tried hard to keep her from tearing but to no avail. Oh well... it happens. Sweet little baby who was literally cooing to me not long after birth and looking so deeply into my eyes I almost broke down in tear. After a bit of anxiety over the mama's hard birth, fearing we were looking at a possible shoulder dystocia (it wasn't) and just a combination of exhaustion and homesickness. How a tiny little baby less than an hour old could bring such a level of healing to me in just a few beats of our hearts and a few seconds of held gazes is a mystery to me, but I will carry those glances with me forever. God's spirit was in the room with me in those moments and I had so much to thank him for as I laid my head down to sleep at long last. I am thankful for dear midwives with true teachers' hearts and good friends in the form of two beautiful and smart young women both called Rachel that were with me every step of the way supporting and helping in so many little ways. Most of all I am so thankful to be called to be one of the many "gatekeepers" of safety as women choose their birthplace and attendant and give birth in the way that is right for them. It is such an amazing honor to be called by the creator to do this very special work!
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