Comments on: …and now for something completely different.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:23:46 +0000

Tiff, I so enjoyed reading those memoirs. I’d love to do Mid one day, and reading that really made me think about it long and hard…..in a good way! Thanks for sharing.

By: Sueblimely

Sueblimely — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:29:51 +0000

I read this with absolute fascination having not witnessed birth from this perspective - I did not get a good view at all from where I was laying

By: Miss Smack

Miss Smack — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:17:37 +0000

hi Tiff!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Do you have email? I could write you an explanation about the Coeliac’s info without taking up valuable blog comment space

I’m on miss.smack@gmail.com

Thanks!

By: river

river — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:17:00 +0000

Beautiful stories. I was in the room when my daughter’s first baby was born. My baby girl had a baby girl. Watching the birth was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen. Myself and the father were taking turns wiping her face, rubbing her back, getting our hands sqeezed really hard, then she was pushing and I saw the baby’s head , then she just slipped out and pinked up immediately. Truly a miracle. Didn’t make me want to be a midwife, but I’d love to work in a newborn nursery.

By: childlife

childlife — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:38:14 +0000

What a beautiful post Tiff! I really enjoyed hearing about this other side of you - you’re such a beautiful soul : ) I hope you have a chance to work again !

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:05:26 +0000

Me too! I want to be a midwife too! Well, not really, but if I could give birth to a thousand babies I would. It is the most empowering experience. Miraculous what the female body can do, and how wonderful you have such an important part. I loved my midwife, we followed her when she changed hospitals. I was pregnant with my third when she decided to leave her practice. I cried. She was incredible. Clearly you are incredible and your patients will be glad to have you back…

By: jeanie

jeanie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:06:12 +0000

Thanks for the insight “from the other end” as it were! Midwives are a special breed of people, and the best are those who are supports and wonder at the beauty of birth - while keeping the cool heads!

By: Guera

Guera — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:28:17 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing to read what its like from the other perspective. Birth as the mother is so introspective that you kind of forget the experience for the people around you. My aunt is a midwife and she tell stories like yours. It reminds you what an incredible thing it is to give birth. Thanks, Tiff!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:36:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing those….someday, someday….I’d love to do it too!

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:05:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing those stories. Before my first, I used to read story after story - somehow I never found the time with the others! Well, I’m sure you know…