On Tuesday I was supposed to begin my first class on the road to becoming a midwife.   However, I missed that first class because I was called out on a birth.  Gotta love the timing.

This birth pretty much took everyone by surprise. She was a first time mom who was two weeks early and her labor went so much faster than anyone anticipated. I ended up turning around on the way to their house and meeting them at the hospital. As soon as she got up to L&D she was already crowning! No time for an IV, not even a gown. That beautiful baby was here!! As soon as someone the hospital saw fit to catch the baby arrived, this mom gave her first real push and birthed her baby. That baby was so excited to be born that she had both her hands raised – celebrating her birthday.

The best was later when the mom looked up while cuddling her beautiful baby and said she wouldn’t change a thing.

Birth is one of those few moments in life when the natural process of things makes you keenly aware that a powerful transformative event is about to happen.  I love how labor begins when it is ready and how not only are babies born, but mothers, fathers, big sisters and big brothers.  It is one of those few moments when Life takes over, we drop everything and pay attention.