Briar - Rose coming into the world. My last birth story

Briar Rose- coming into the world.

Kind of a big deal... my last birth story.

And what a finale it was. Doing a grand tour of Toronto’s birthing facilities starting at home, spending most of my labour at the birth center (which felt like a spa stay) before dashing to the hospital, almost giving birth in my midwife's car before she burst into the world just minutes after arriving. Proving to me that no matter how many births you have and how much you think you have it sussed. Control isn’t there to be had.

Much like her personality, she is the calm after the storm. Our very own sleeping beauty. The little life that has taught me you never know what’s around the corner, yet life is better for her calming presence.

Thinking about Briar's birth seems so abstract to life right now. It makes me realize how much has changed in a matter of weeks. Especially in the birthing world.

I’m so grateful I got to have her when I did. That I was privileged enough to have my husband and bestie/birth partner there. That I got these wonderful photos. That my trainee midwife could massage me for through THE WHOLE THING. (She was fantastic btw). That PPE wasn’t present. That the hormonal newborn phase had passed just in the nick of time for the pandemic to hit. That I had choices.

It was fun to chat with my sister again, in true tradition, and remember her birth. To remember all the joy she brings and document it. Whatever happens next I’ll have these memories.

I’m so so smitten. It’s like she just arrived again. She is the dream baby I needed to make this all ok. She is just what the dr ordered. She was meant to be and the timing was divine. If only I could have seen that last year? Or maybe that’s the point. I needed not to see what was coming right now??

I don’t feel worthy of this ‘happy ending’. I never thought I’d get here and yet here I am. Family complete.

Thanks for tuning in. My weekly chats with guests for this podcast gives me hope and excitement to keep going. I have so many fantastic women coming up. .... watch this space.

Happy listening. Love Frannie