Oh Andrea, What a joy to wake up and be greeted by this message...
May your addiction never wane! Tania (fellow birth adictee) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrea Quanchi Sent: Monday, 13 February 2006 11:21 PM To: ozmidwifery; Maternity Coalition; Sarah Grundy; Colleen Cross; Jenny Johnstone; Tricia Klemm; Maggie Banks; Jan Johnson; Diana Stubbs; Coral Eden; Tara George; Sharon McCarthy; Wendy Bootle Subject: [ozmidwifery] A first for me Today I had my first waterbirth. It was so beautiful. All 4.8kg of him manipulated his way out all by himself. Mum was able to describe his movements to us in a running commentary even down to telling us that the shoulders were rotating after his head was born. tears in Dads ( and the midwives) eyes and complete awe on the face of his 3 year old big sister ( who offered to put the slide into the pool for mum). its such a buzz attending births like this. Planned second midwife was away and so we invited one who had not attended a homebirth ( or waterbirth) before and she is herself pregnant so I can only hope she was inspired to great things for herself. I was glad that we had discussed water birth at length in Maggie Banks workshop last week because I was not surprised when this baby was so peaceful in the water that we actually had to remind him that he needed to join those of us who breathe air. he just lay there in his Mums arms looking around and didnt seem to get that idea for a while. Addicted to birth Andrea Q -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 10/02/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 10/02/2006 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
