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First son Jonathan born at home in Mill Valley, California. After a fruitless search for a licensed midwife, my husband read the law which indicated that if we had the baby by ourselves "we wouldn't be prosecuted". What young first time mother has prosecution on her mind? Not this one. I was so glad only my husband was there. I relished the feeling of being just two people in the room, and then 'miraculously' being three. No doors or windows opened. We were immediately and irreversibly transformed from two laboring adults into a family. The baby (who is grown and married now) never cried. His eyes were wide open and he just looked from Mom to Dad following sensations and voices. Brian arrived at home in Mill Valley also. There were licensed midwives who would have attended the birth had Brian given more notice. We laughed ourselves into a very short labor watching Flip Wilson on TV. And partly because it was a couple of weeks before the due date, I only realized that I was in labor minutes before Brian arrived. Maggie was my first baby to arrive with a fully licensed and experienced midwife in attendance. That was a treat for my husband. Afterwards I told the midwife that I really wanted to be a midwife too. She said, "No you don't." I insisted that yes, I really did. She explained that "In California, first you have to go to nursing school for several years, then at the end take a midwifery course. It all takes time and money and in the end you will have to unlearn everything they taught you." I had to admit that didn't appeal to me. Then a friend told me I could get experience by going to a direct entry midwifery school in El Paso, Texas. I did. That was great. Home birth is the standard. Most of the women in the world give birth at home. Submitting to the forces of creation, following deep and natural instincts, understanding the uses of contractions, changing fear to faith and becoming empowered as a woman are some of home birth's advantages. I made Birth Day to balance the Reproduction Exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. But it is for everyone, especially the young physicians who may never get to see a home birth. Home birth is a safe, practical and exhilarating experience. |
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