28/01/2023
Still riding the high of witnessing my best friend’s second birth. So proud of how Emma & her husband worked together on the day, each with their own critical role. I was chatting about this the other day - but having a doula at your birth is a gift to your partner - even I’m having one! Your partner has the most precious, irreplaceable role in keeping you safe, held, and producing oxytocin in a way that noone else in the room ever could. You are becoming parents together in real-time. When Em was breathing through strong contractions with her midwife, Steve and I were hugging and crying - both so proud. It was such a lovely moment for our friendship to watch Charlie’s birth unfolding and Emma so capable and completely in her element! This photo is just a snapshot, but you can see the use of heat packs, a massage tool, physical touch, upright positioning, and if you were there you also would have noticed verbal encouragement, clary sage oil diffuser, soft light, swaying, low vocalising, acupressure comb, music, and one very happy and supportive birth team working completely in harmony.
