Best Birth

I had the opportunity to be present for a wonderful home birth. This was the birth of my 4th grandchild. My daughter had asked me to "catch" . I was prepared to do whatever needed to be done and am well aware that "catching" is not the only thing that needs to happen as a baby is being born. I had no need to run the show. As it turned out I was able to hold my daughter in my arms as she birthed baby number 4 in a standing squat into the waiting hands of Alice my daughter's midwife. This was another girl. Now the count is 3 girls, 1 boy. It was a beautiful birth and everyone was present. The family experience was wonderful and there was truly a feeling of joy and thankfulness all around. Baby Leila Naomi is breastfeeding well and everyone is healthy and happy and doing great. How lucky I am to have such a beautiful, healthy family.