Anyone want to read my birth poem?

[ColoradoMama]

I wrote a poem about my son's birth, and since I seem to have a water/ocean theme going for this birth - I am going to print it out and hang it on the wall in my bedroom. I thought I'd share it with you guys. It's called Ocean.

The storm is building.
There are powerful waves on the horizon.
I can see them coming.
I can feel the energy of the approaching storm.
I am almost terrified…almost.
I can feel the first strong waves.
I gasp and revel in the power.
Then, I relax into the rhythm of the waves.
It’s comforting – the strength of the waves and then the lull,
But the storm approaches.
Slowly, the waves get stronger.
I have a moment of panic… just a moment.
Then, I gather strength from the power of the waves.
I am strong like the waves.
I don’t fight the storm.
I am not afraid of the storm.
I ride the waves.
I am strong, but the storm builds.
I think the power of the storm and the waves is going to drown me.
It is so strong.
I am afraid.
I can’t stay with the waves.
I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, and yet, somehow, I can, and I am.
I think the storm is so strong that the Earth will surely break in half.
Just when I feel as if I can no longer stay with the waves, that I will drown,
I find the right current, and I am strong again.
I am buoyed by the power of the storm.
I hear the crash of the final waves, and feel the sandy shore beneath me.
The storm is subsiding.
I have survived and triumphed.
I am strong.
I have given birth.
I am a mother.

[2 in August]

That's beautiful! You are very talented.

[Bay Area Babe]

ColoradoMama - I like the imagery. It reminds me of some of the pictures or mantras that some women used in Ina Mays' Guide.

[ColoradoMama]

Thanks Jen.

Bay Area Babe - that's kind of cool. I haven't read that book.

[SummerTwilight]

Love it!
What a great thing to hang in your baby's room!

[Bay Area Babe]

ColoradoMama - I know that you're feeling that the baby is coming soon but if you have a chance to read this book I would highly recommend it. Ina May is a well known midwife and advocate of natural birth. Their stats for midwifery at the Farm in TN are amazing.

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/bibli...2-0553381156-0

You can probably find it at most bookstores. The first part of the book is labor stories from maybe 20 or so women - all different, natural, powerful and beautiful. My DH read it too and we plan on drawing on those experiences and lessons learned during our delivery.

One of images I remember is about visualizing dialating and repeaing "I'm going to get huge" and picturing yourself opening and of opening up as a flower would.

[SummerTwilight]

Bay Area, Colorado: I concur...that was one of the best books I read on childbirth- and I read at least 12!