Birthing "Field Trip"

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I attended a home birth yesterday. At first, I was a bit worried over whether this would be a good idea considering my own impending first go round at birthing in December. Two outcomes were possible: 1) my decision that Bubbles would just remain forever in utero, or 2) a beautiful experience that would teach me to be very specific about what medical interventions I may or may not want and take control of my own childbirth experience. I can say, hands down, that the outcome was the second. I honestly feel like a new person after seeing baby Laila come into the world in such a warm, loving environment. Everyone was so engrossed with the arrival and presence of this beautiful baby that no one even asked the sex for a half hour. We were all so enthralled. I feel incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to see such a thing before giving birth to our first child. All first-timers should be so lucky to have such generous friends willing to share the experience with them. I can only hope that Bubbles was paying attention to the way his/her future friend Laila made her way into the world yesterday. She definitely set the bar high! Though I am not planning a home birth (but am planning for a natural birth), I can say that I feel very sorry for those mothers living in states where they don't have the option to birth at home. Perhaps this will eventually change.

Hmmpphhh

This new look doesn't actually look like it is supposed to. I believe this may be a setback to my returning to blogging. Excuses, Excuses.

A New Look

Could this be the first step towards taking the blogging back up? Well, it certainly can't hurt.