Great comment! I love it when providers are reasuring mothers rather than undermining their confidence.

Awww I love this! Just the right thing to say!

This one gave me the chills. good ones.
How lovely to hear a caregiver that cares!
And knows that when a mother says, “I can’t” it doesn’t mean “Do it for me” it means “Please help me do it how I wanted to do it”!

To all birth attendants reading, THIS is what a mom needs in transition! Support and encouragement! Not snarky comments like “Well you wanted a natural birth” or “Well if you would have let us (insert intervention here) you would be done by now”.

Now is not the time to offer interventions or drugs you know she doesn’t want, or to start asking her about donating organs.

This was mine. I was lucky enough to have the same midwife for both my births – 9 years apart and in different birth centres! The stars really alined for that one.

I had very dramatic transitions for both and each time she was so encouraging and understanding

I think I can say without a doubt that having the same fantastic midwife for all your births is the cream of continuity of care.

That’s a great comment! My midwife said something very similar as I went through transition. As soon as I felt like I couldn’t keep it together anymore she told me that my baby would be there in 5 minutes. Sure enough – my son was born soon after.

This could have been my midwife’s quote, too. Except she said “Oh, you silly girl, you know you can do this. You’ve done it before!”

Love my midwife.