Beautiful Birth...
My birth video is gone, deleted forever, destroyed when my mac mini suffered a fatal hardware crash. "Severe platter damage," are three words you never want to hear in relation to the computer storing some of your most amazing memories. My birth video, photos of my midwives inspecting my placenta, lots of videos including one of my belly moving around with Bella inside... *sigh*...
But I still love looking at birth videos and stories, and here are a few I'd like to share. Birth inspiration!
I love this first one, which is a birth story with photos of a hospital birth! A beautiful hospital birth, something considered impossible by so many people. Not so at all, just takes compassionate, well-informed attendants, peace, and trust of birth. It's truly amazing and in my opinion, it is what *all* hospital birth practitioners should be aspiring to provide their clients. Even high-risk moms deserve peace, calm, and the most serene birth experience that can be provided while still keeping her and her baby safe.
I just watched this movie for the first time, it is of a lesbian couples unattended birth at home, and lotus birth! You can click the link or watch the movie embedded right here. This is pretty cool because I don't think I've ever seen a visual documentation of a lotus birth before; I kind of wish there were more detail! (But I'm nosy like that!)
Finally, for a little humor relief... Snakes on a Homebirth!