“In case no one has told you... the journey won't make sense until you're on the other side While you're walking the path Doing the holy work of birth Sweating and swaying and swearing You'll be so deep in it So consumed by the sensations That you won't be able to see the end or even the progress you've made You'll feel lost at points Desperate even Grasping at some sense of linear time At a roadmap you can follow At a finish line you can see And coming up empty handed Minutes are hours are days are lifetimes are galaxies Each contraction takes you deeper And it's impossible to see the light at the end of the tunnel When you are the tunnel And the darkness And the whole entire planet hurtling through space And those electric candles and twinkly lights that you put up to set the mood Seem so silly now as you're being tossed and turned Inside out Moaning and panting your way through celestial portals But then you'll emerge Unimaginable relief Tidal waves of joy crashing over you Triumph and deliverance Pride and peace And a love so expansive Your heart will explode And it will all make sense You will see how your journey Was written in the stars That you were never lost Every contraction Every moment when you thought you couldn't go on Was simply a stepping stone On your way home You will see that your magic mirrored the universe That you were one in the same birthing new worlds Power and beauty in ecstatic motion” gorgeous words by @spiritysol #birth #homebirth #waterbirth #normalizebirth #lifeofamidwife #laboranddelivery #firsttrimester #secondtrimester #thirdtrimester #waterbabies #waterbirthbaby #naturalbirthing #naturalbirth #fetalejectionreflex #ecstaticbirth #orgasmicbirth #physiologicbirth #physiologicalbirth #undisturbedbirth #vaginalbirth #homebirth #hospitalbirth