#Repost @midwiferywisdom ⁠ ・・・•⁠ “Can you still see her shoes on?! 😂⁠ 2nd babies are notorious for coming QUICK! Her labor appeared to be going that way... and then we waited... and waited. I knew this baby’s head was asynclitic... so we moved into all different positions to help her rotate through. We had conversations with a baby that all was safe out here but a TIGHT, THICK, persistent cervical lip kept rebounding her back up not letting her nudge her head past mama’s pubic bone. I whispered to mama encouraging her to listen to her body and to move into positions that would serve her birth. She finally looked up at me with determined serious eyes after hours of off and one again pushing and said, “I need to go to the hospital”.⁠ •⁠ To me... home birth is never about the birth, it is about women feeling empowered, listened to, and getting the care that emulates nothing but trust and love. I inherently trust that a woman knows her body and her baby above and beyond anything else. So when she looks at me saying “I need to go to the hospital”, I know this is different than “I can’t do this” please guide me back to my strength. ⁠ •⁠ I called ahead to the local hospital, faxed records, dad got their hospital bag ready. We got her up and out of the tub, put a diaper on her, her shoes and started walking toward the stairs. With the first step down the stairs, with her arms draped around my shoulders, she screamed “something is burning... my vagina is burning” I quickly knew what this meant. We took a few steps backwards inside the house and I pulled down her diaper to see a crowning head. ⁠ •⁠ With one more push and waves of meconium thick fluid behind her, a screaming very healthy baby landed in my arms. We quickly took off her shoes and ripped the diaper off of her ankles and slowly step by step walked back to their bedroom where the excitement of such an eventful birth melted into a puddle of tears of bliss and divine trust of her body working so beautifully!”⁠ •⁠ #gentlebirthapp #gentlebirth #hypnobirthing #positivebirth #braintrainingforbirth #laboranddelivery #mindfulpregnancy #mindfulbirth #pregnant #fitbump #midwife #doula #bellymask