Lovely! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@;acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ozmidwifery] Oh what a night...
I just wanted to share with the list that I attended the most amazing and special birth last night. For those of you who don't know me (and that's probably most, as I'm a bit of a lurker here!) I'm a newly qualified midwife (May last year), with 2 littlies of my own, and I've been practicing in partnership with another midwife here in Adelaide since April this year, attending women planning homebirths mainly in the Adelaide Hills area. Enough about me, yesterday morning I got a call from Wendy (the midwife) and arrived at Jess's house at 6.30am, and after an extremely emotional, hard work, up and down, lots of walking, lots of sleeping, lots of swinging and swaying (we nearly resorted to KC and the sunshine band Vicki!), lots of yelling, lots of beconing this baby into the world kind of labour (where I think I carried the entire weight of my car in water), Jess had a lovely baby girl at 1120 last night, and 3 hours later, when the placenta decided it was good and ready, so were we (and Jess, believe me!). She shared this wonderful time with us, her partner and both sets of parents, who waited quietly down the other end of the house for what must have seemed an eternity before we gave them the signal that the baby was finally on its way. I've attended 4 births with Wendy, and each one teaches me something new, something I didn't even know I didn't know - if that makes any sense. (And there's plenty I don't know!!) It was such a hard and long journey for Jess yesterday, and it was just such an amazing experience to be with another midwife who supported me, and the woman, and such a privilege to be there for such a powerful birth (which they all are, in different ways). Enough rambling, I've had a good 3 hours sleep, now to try and convince my 1 year old that it's time to go back to bed! Thanks for listening, Tania x -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
