First Baby

So I attended my first birth the other day as an aspiring doula. And it was
FREAKING AWESOME MAN!!!
Ahem. Pardon me. As you can tell I still excited about it. I've been studying and preparing for births for some time now but like any other career in life, the schooling for it never quite fully prepares you for what you'll see and do. Now, you'd think having birthed three wee ones myself, I'd have experience to back me up. And while that is true, helping someone else birth their offspring is a whole other kettle of fish.
I can not however, give you any info. in great detail, that would be a breech of confidentiality on my part. But I will tell you that the female human body is something amazing to watch in live action. The female mind, when focused and determined is a powerful force. And those two working together to bring forth this miracle we call life is simply amazing. It's nothing like what you see on t.v., well, perhaps for a few ladies. But really, the whole thing was very surreal. Quieter and more peaceful than I'd remembered of my own three times at it, but perhaps the unsteadiness I remember was more internal. Emotions and thoughts trapped in my own head and not neccessarily heard out loud. As this babe was born into a very peaceful, beautiful energy, the room hushed in anticipation of who would emerge. With tears of joy, I feel very privileged and humbled to have witnessed one of life's most amazing happenings...the beginning of life outside the womb.