birth class reunion!

we had our birth class reunion today. i wasn't really looking forward to it since Gen had to be in Boston shooting. but i am super glad that i went. it was great to see people. soooooo amazing to see people without bellies but with babies. it was actually pretty cool. and they were all so damn cute (proof below). our teacher had us all introduce the babes and then tell our birth stories. in my head i was not too excited as i have successfully avoided it for month now. and i am used to just crying when i tell it. but most of the stories were so beautiful. from instant birth (just a few hours) to a community of family at the birth to water birth...the stories were so great. i kept tearing up because they were so beautiful but also because i knew i was going to have to tell mine.

Sarah C was there with Tinian and handsome little Weston. i've known for four months now that she also had a hard birth. in fact, she had 68hrs next to my 65hrs. but in all truth, i had never heard her story. she was one of the first to tell. i felt so much strength in her story and was awed at how powerful she must have been to get through it. i really just kept feeling that she was so strong and i was happy for their amazing family. then i realized that perhaps i was that strong too. it gave me strength to tell an elapsed version of my birth story and not feel sorrow around it. and it felt good. because we did get through it and it was amazing and powerful.

one of the husbands in the group summed it up best, "i used to always think that humans were powerful. after watching my wife give birth i know that it is only women that are powerful." ha!

the babes...



Weston and Olive clearly fell in love. or...Weston fell in love with Olive's shirt.