People have often said to me, “You must really love babies to be a midwife.” And “Wow, how you can stand all that blood?”

Of course midwives love babies. We work hard to provide care to ensure that a woman has a healthy pregnancy and thus a vigorous baby. But in actuality, midwives love women. We love to see them happy during their pregnancy, supported during their labor, honored in birth, sustained while breastfeeding and nurtured as new mothers.

My role as a midwife is to help a woman and her partner celebrate her newness and embrace her sensuality.

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