The Farm

Despite living awfully close to one of the most respected midwives in the US and her midwifery center and school, I didn't know anyone from Lawrence County (who wasn't a Farm denizen) who'd actually had their baby there or supported by one of The Farm midwives.

Until now. Someone I went to church with and high school with - a regular old Law-Co-Local has just had a baby girl with a Farm midwife and a birth pool at her own home.

It was a long labor (17 hours), but all is well. I couldn't help but think that The Farm midwives had the patience to let her labor longer. Who knows what might have happened elsewhere or with a different medical provider, but she might have been started off on the cascade of interventions (chemical inducement, epidural, instruments and maybe a c-section). Instead, she's comfy at home enjoying her baby.