Caught a Baby!

I Caught a baby! I hadn’t really done anything at all Friday. I had read some in the afternoon, gone to the bank to exchange some money and was quite bored and was just starting to watching a Summit Summer video with one of the midwife’s daughters (I think the only one who has any interest or favor for me. We heard someone knocking at the door as we had closed up for the evening. One of the midwifes answered and then got the midwife who’s turn it was to deliver to come check her. I checked her blood pressure and Ate (sister) Dina checked to see how far along in labor she was. She was 9cm and 90% effaced for those of you who know the terms. Basically she was super close to being ready to give birth. After a while we sat her on the birthing stool with her mother behind her and Dina and I together caught the baby as it came into this world! I learned a ton just from that. I learned how to record it all and much more, which you can ask me about those of you who like those details. : ) lol I want to keep this blog medically-not-inclined friendly!

This experience was so good for one reason, because it reassured me that this was what I want to do with my life. I had seen a birth earlier this year and for some reason afterwards I just didn’t feel excited about becoming a midwife and was quite worried that I might have been pursuing something that I wasn’t really up to. So, I was happy to have my desires confirmed.