For me, the magic is in the labor bubble I create and others support me in.
When I was laboring with my second son, my DH and midwife and I had a perfect rhythm going. I did just what I needed to do and no one told me to do anything different. I was in such a state of complete inner knowing and peace, and deep inside myself, feeling so safe and secure. They kept asking me if this was "taking too long" and I told them "no"--it was only a 5 hour labor! I chuckle b/c I knew, but didn't tell them, how quicly things were going, and when my son started crowning, they were not prepared at all, but I was!
I felt my baby emotionally, working through and resting in between the contractions.
That labor was ammmaaaazing, and so tender and spiritual and magical. I can "go back" to that moment any time. I still feel that almost tangible sense of peace--magical describes it perfectly. It was the only birth of all three of my children that felt quite like that, almost like angels were all around me. I consider it gift and will cherish it, even if that kind of experience never happens again. When my son was born, my heart opened right up to him and I told him I loved him! I guess I could say it was all LOVE, from water breaking to birth. The intimacy of that labor and birth could
only have happened for us at home.
For this baby's upcoming birth, I hope the post partum feels just a little more magical than usual
