The job of my dreams

My job at the Birth Center is exactly what I need right now. I get to be around midwives, mama's and babies that are brand new. It's in a beautiful Victorian house with lots of charm. I get to see this world of Birth that I have been drawn to for so long, and now I'm in it! I feel like I am right where I need to be. I am going to continue with my birth doula training as well...I have been dreaming of doing it for many years now, so I may as well try. Right now Adelaide is my number ONE and I like that I can schedule around Myles schedule with this job. With birth, I could be gone for days at a time. Some women are in labor for a LONG time. Am I ready to be away for that much time in one chunk? Not really.

Here is my favorite part - I have come to realize that all women sound the same when they are laboring (naturally). I think this is very healing for me. I remember feeling so loud and crazy when I was in labor with Adelaide, and now I know that it was normal! I know that sounds crazy, and I know that not EVERY woman may sound that way...but I have had the chance to hear several women in labor now...and I love it. What a tough job that is, to bring a baby down and out of your womb! And the other amazing thing is that I get to be with them soon after that has happened. I get to see women becoming mothers, and babies taking their first breaths and living their first days. What a precious and special time in each of their lives that is..and I...ME...I get to be there with them. And then I get to see the mama glowing and healthy. It's refreshing to get to see the amazing after part, after hearing the process. It makes me feel like all of that pain really is normal, that our bodies really are made to birth our babies (like I always knew), and that with the help of a few amazing women, we really are capable of doing anything.

It also cements my feelings on out of hospital births. There has already been a baby that I met that had to be resuscitated at birth. Midwives have the same exact equipment to resuscitate a baby as the hospital has. They are just as well (if not better) trained to use it, and it works! I am so proud to call myself an employee of this amazing center and I can't wait to see where this job of my dreams takes me.