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Yep, that’s me!! Of course, you could argue that I am currently the ONLY….and that would be true too. But, seriously, I do believe I am so fortunate. To be here, in Sedona. To be serving these women. To be a midwife. To be so blessed in my professional and personal life…

Good news all around has prompted this happy post. First, today was a “work” day for me. I always laugh when I describe it like that because it is anything BUT work. I promise, I (and many midwives) have the best job in the whole world. I get to visit some of my favorite women at their homes, spend time chatting and laughing with them. Seeing what’s new in their world. Helping prepare for their baby’s birth, and being honestly excited about it all right along with them. I am so looking forward to the births coming up! I think it is amazing that this is what I get to do. So, with the bulk of my prenatals happening on Mondays, I love Mondays! My “work” is great and I feel like a little time away also makes me appreciate my kids even more. 4 little kids can be draining; so a little break goes a long way!

My other happy news is strictly (well, sort of) personal. We are expecting a new little baby in May. This pregnancy has been a whirlwind and although I am about 17 weeks, still feels surreal. A friend of mine suggested that might be because it kind of blended with my last postpartum. Other pregnancies have happened when the youngest was about 16 months old. This time, little Rune was only 7 months. So, I still have a baby (he’s almost a year now) and I am growing another! It is a little strange but yet cool. I learn and grow with every pregnancy even though I am surrounded by pregnancy constantly! In fact, I would say I learned a lot of what I know from my own experience. So, this time has been enlightening in a whole new way.

I am employing “trust” in a whole new way. Obviously, I already have a good deal of trust in the natural process. But I have been enjoying really tuning into my baby and my body. Would you believe I didn’t even take a pregnancy test this time? I KNEW I was pregnant, for a variety of reasons way earlier than most people would. But I was so tempted anyway to just SEE it on that stick! Anyway, it was a test of faith and patience that I had never experienced. I even wrestled a bit with thinking I was just plain crazy and maybe imagining it all. Same with the heartbeat. I refused to find it with a doppler this time; I suppose I might have had I had a reason to be concerned. But I didn’t, and so I didn’t. I kept tuning into baby, who I know was doing fine, and feeling my uterus grow by the week. In fact, I just found the heartbeat for the first time with my fetascope 2 days ago. It was a long wait but taught me so much in the process. Gave me a renewed faith in my body and in the intelligence we ALL have. Technology can be lifesaving, and useful. But sometimes it is plain old not needed, and we could all use a reminder of that.

SO, yay! Lots of babies to come before mine–so I expect the winter and early spring to fly by.