My Last Few Births

Even though I've been home for about a week now I still have lots of blogs to do! Most of them consist of just pictures, I have no more words (me run out of words?? Hard to believe!) to describe my time in the Philippines. The sorrow I felt in preparing to leave is too great to describe. It's the weirdest feeling knowing you are leaving and trying to take everything in, and then leaving, and feeling so different because you're just not there anymore. Not sure that makes any sense but that's how I've been feeling lately, discombobulated and incomprehensible. I feel like I've been in a twilight zone, nothing seems the same, and yet somehow in five months nothing seems to have changed either. Honestly, it feels as if I never even went to the Philippines, except for the fact that I miss everyone so much! It's a very strange and unhappy thought, having had so many wonderful experiences there and then feeling like none of it ever happened. When I was in the Philippines I felt like a different person, I felt like a brand new creation all over again. Being back, I am unable to see any change in myself which is hard to swallow. I hope that I have really changed (I must have, right?). The next few blogs are updates of my last weeks and mostly in picture form. It only took being a few hours away to start missing births and wishing a midwife would come and wake me up in the middle of the night!

This little one is actually a boy, despite the pink blanket

She had a really gentle birth

He looks like his mom already

This is a mom coming in for her three day check up with her precious little girl. She decided to have her best friend to help her at the birth. They said they were just like sisters. She was the perfect person to be present; she was very loving and attentive. Deborah and I got to do this birth together, which was really wonderful! Deborah tried to have the husband be involved but he was so nervous that the birthing mother told him to leave! It was the right decision to hep her to give birth more easily.


Aileen was one of my continuities, which means that whenever she came to the birthing home I was the one to do her prenatal check up and when she gave birth I would help her (along with a midwife of course).

She had a fairly difficult labor but did really well! It was great to be a part of her journey, She's a very sweet and strong lady.

The whole family-they had a little girl





This is Ate Leni. She was also one of my continuities, it was lovely to get to know her even before her birth! This is her third baby but she was very unsure during her labor. She is very strong and brave and worked very hard!

This mom was very strong and calm during her birth. This is her third baby and she had a beautiful and gentle birth. This picture was taken soon after it.

Coming back for her three day check up with her older son