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Midwives are awesome people/caregivers. And pretty badass, to boot.
malaise
(269,365 posts)Damn!
happybird
(4,671 posts)Best wishes to the new parents.
tblue37
(65,556 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,985 posts)Good thing Ms Midwife caught her. Yikes if BG would've hit the pavement!
I think her name should be Sw'emily!
CurtEastPoint
(18,687 posts)a kennedy
(29,796 posts)Kali
(55,032 posts)but anything is better than in a hospital bed on your back (at least to me)
I had both of mine at home with midwives, and stand-squat is way easier.
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)CTyankee
(63,932 posts)Not sure of the logistics with mom's shorts but damn, what a way to have a baby!
LudwigPastorius
(9,277 posts)Her, or his, birth will be on the internet forever. I certainly hope the couple gave permission to whoever originally posted it online.
Call me old fashioned. I'm OK with some major milestones being available for everybody in the world to view...graduations, marriage ceremonies...
But, I draw the line at births and deaths. It's just kind of creepy, in a voyeuristic, Black Mirror kind of way.
3catwoman3
(24,147 posts)...shorts still on? Dang!
CTyankee
(63,932 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)so awesome... I had all my babies at home and a good midwife is priceless... my midwife had cancer and died shortly after my last baby... very bittersweet
LAS14
(13,792 posts)aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Well done!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,089 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Very cool video. Strong mama, great midwife.
hunter
(38,354 posts)I really didn't know what I was in for when we married.
She delivers babies.
She also stops at car accidents of the most gruesome sort.
My wife and I have both done triage, my wife the bloodiest kind.
Our children have stories. They have the academic powers but they ran away from medicine.
So did I.
I used to work with transplant people, the most awesome people in the world. I packaged living bits of dead people in coolers.
It haunts me.
My wife is never going to quit. Medicine is her calling.
She'll be there for the beginning and the end.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)This just floors me that the mom had to continue walking with her baby in her arms INTO THE CLINIC!
Is there nobody there to do the job that the midwife just did for them? This is equally amazing and horrible.
I couldn't believe that she could actually walk and kept waiting for a nurse with a wheelchair. After going thru labor, legs are usually like rubber.
BittyJenkins
(413 posts)I got to deliver a sweet baby girl in the hospital, it was so sweet. Her moms first babe was born in the Disneyland parking lot. It is always a miracle.
mysteryowl
(7,443 posts)elleng
(131,459 posts)Tomorrow is my granddaughter's first birthday! Her birth did not happen quite like this one, they/we were inside the hospital! (Mom's/my daughter's name is Julie, baby Isabella.)
tiptonic
(765 posts)Reminds me of my wife. Good breeding stock. 3 all natural, healthy babies. Notice the mask on the hubby. Good people all around. Bet they are Democratics.
demmiblue
(36,921 posts)Go away.
Duppers
(28,134 posts)Don't understand how she could keep her pants on.
I had to spread wide on a table for my 9lb 8oz kiddo to pop out. (He was a big, long baby & I'm a little gal, so feel sorry for me.
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AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)My daughter was stubborn (still is). She was 7.12 and I was in labor for about 18 hrs. It was Pitocin or a C-section. I chose Pitocin.
Edit to add: and 21" long!
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)The most amazing 3min 46 seconds ever photographed...in a parking lot..
rictofen
(236 posts)Nice that the birth went well, but the cop's behavior made me cringe the entire time. I'm sure they could've "helped" by giving the Rona to the new family.