10/30/2025
As a midwife, I have been blessed to witness birth in many forms; peaceful water births at home, triumphant VBACs, planned cesareans filled with intention and love, medicated hospital births, and incredible unmedicated births full of strength and surrender.
And here is what I know with my whole heart:
I don’t care how you birth.
I care that you felt informed, safe, supported, and respected every step of the way.
Whether you welcomed your baby in your living room surrounded by candlelight, in a hospital under bright lights, with an epidural, through cesarean, or in a moment of powerful instinct in nature; your birth is valid. Your birth is sacred.
Birth is not about proving anything.
It is not a competition or a standard to meet.
It is a deeply personal journey of strength, love, and vulnerability.
My prayer for every mother:
May your birth be one you look back on with peace, empowerment, and pride; knowing you were heard, honored, and held.
You deserved options.
You deserved support.
You deserved respect.
