Madison was due the weekend after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving night as I headed to bed, she had sent me a text “Hi! We are about to try & head to bed. Contractions have been consistent for the last hour or so & I’ve been having quite a bit of bloody show. We’ll call or V will when it’s time!”
I tried to get sleep (it is so hard to sleep when you think you’ll head out soon!)
At 10:38, her doula, Viergeni White, texted me “Hey lady! I’m Madison’s doula and I’m about to head over. She’s contracting about 6m apart lasting over a minute”
Given it was Madison’s 3rd baby and her previous births were not slow by any means, I slowly got ready and left. I got to her home around 11:39. No one else was there. I filmed a few clips of them in the partially lit room, alone. It was intimate and incredibly beautiful, just me and them. Around midnight, Viergeni arrived. Apparently that was all Madison needed because literally when her doula walked in, things picked up fast. We started to wonder if baby was going to come before the midwife got there. The tub was finally ready, and Madison hopped in. Within a few contractions, just as the midwife (Tanya Green) arrived, baby was born. She was born at 12:36!!! I was not even there an hour before baby came. I am really amazed at how long her birth film is, because I left around 2:20 am and I remember feeling so odd leaving already. But I had stayed through everything, it all just went so fast. and mom was tired and ready for rest. I was home by 3 am. I woke up in the morning and my mother in law said “No baby yet, huh?” and I said, “actually, yes!” and she was amazed I had gone and come back and slept all since she went to bed.
If you are thinking about having your home birth filmed, I would LOVE to chat with you!
Enjoy this incredible birth film and some photos!
