The Birth of Our Twins

It was August 31^st and I had been carrying the twins for 37 weeks. I was hoping that the babies wouldn’t arrive yet. My goal was to go 39 weeks, but I was feeling very determined to get my house in order that day. I had been experiencing on again, off again contractions for nearly two weeks and I knew the babies were getting ready to make their grand entrance. I scrubbed my bathroom from top to bottom, and put the last load of baby clothes into the dryer. Before getting into bed, I took a warm bath. Read more

Our next Red Tent event is coming up next Friday, Nov. 14th @ 6:30pm!

For those who are unfamiliar with it, it is based on the book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, which told of how women in days past would gather (under a red tent) during their cycles and share the sacred experience of birth, motherhood and life as a woman. The book describes how valuable this was in empowering mothers to be familiar with birth, know what to expect, how to support each other, and to rest in being supported. It offers a beautiful possibility of women being nurtured and celebrated for their sacred role in the miracle of life, in good times and especially, in challenge.

Written on a green glove...TOB 9:55 pm, HR 140. That’s all that got charted up until Jessica’s birth.  It was written by my apprentice Lindsey who had just walked in the door as Luther was being pushed out and into Jessica’s loving, waiting arms.