What is it like to witness childbirth?

Birth is the most extraordinary ordinary experience many of us will ever witness. Anyone who has witnessed a birth knows there is nothing like it. Yes, it happens every day all over the world. But it is the most incredible, emotional, special, extraordinary experience. I'll never forget the first birth I witnessed. read more

It is the most intense and beautiful thing you will ever see. A friend of mine went into labor 6 weeks early with her son and she called me and told me that she wanted me there and needed me to get some stuff from the house. read more

I always felt like I had a leg up on my peers who spouted all sorts of (obviously to me) mis-information. The births made an enormous impression on me. As a witness to the birth and then participant in the process of caring for a child I had a very clear picture of the joys and responsibility of motherhood. read more