Badass Mother Birther

Raw, Physiologic, Triumphant; A Birth Story

I had a totally badass birth about a month ago and I’m going to tell you all about it. It was powerful and peaceful and completely undisturbed, meaning that no one fucked with me at all. I had the space and time to listen to and follow the messages of my body. I could surrender to the power that took over, the dance between me and Baby. No vaginal exams, bright lights, or machines that go bing.  No poking or prodding. No medications for pain or induction. No IV or fetal heart monitor wrapped around my belly impeding movement. No strangers coming and going or anyone telling me what to do. This is extremely rare in our current medicalized birth culture.

Labor began gently on the last Saturday night of February. I knew from my first birth that I needed to preserve energy and ignore the contractions as long as I could until they really took ove…