01/19/2026
People often ask my opinion on whether big siblings can be present at a birth. While my answer is always the same ✨ it’s ALWAYS your choice ✨ I’ll admit, I love a sibling-attended birth, and gently including them in the birth is something I take pride in being good at.
There’s something deeply grounding about children being nearby. Curious, calm, already part of the welcome. Birth becomes familiar instead of frightening, woven into family life rather than set apart from it. It normalizes it.
And when those siblings were once the babies being born too… it feels like a quiet full-circle moment.
📸: || photo shared with permission