11/18/2025
Undisturbed.
When I heard her start to bear down I looked out into the hallway to find the midwife already coming.
She heard it too.
She came and stood by.
Watching and waiting.
We watched as she birthed her baby easily into the water. She trusted her body. And so did we.
No one checked her cervix “just to make sure”. No one forced her on her back or out of the water.
We just stood by.
Watching. Waiting.
Marveling at the miracle of birth.
And out slipped all 8lbs 11oz of perfect boy into his mother’s waiting hands.