In January I brought forth my fifth child. That makes three boys and two girls…
It is always hard but really fun and rewarding being the midwife of a midwife. I had two Vermont midwives and my own intern, Brooke, attend my home birth. Oh – and my two daughters aged 14 and 8 were there! The girls did great! Cassidy (14) was very involved with the actual water birth while Harleigh brought me cold washcloths for my forehead.
It was a long labor and birth – kind of like a first time..although it was my fifth. He was a BIG boy, weighing in at 10lbs 4oz. The midwives were highly skilled and reassuring when I floundered at the end. The old “running start” position was envoked to bring his shoulders. I was glad when he was born and I could now claim victory over all of my own births.
Breckenridge Brody “Breck Brody”