Pictures from Andrew Joseph's birth

Andrew Joseph's homebirth

Here are a few pictures of Andrews birth.  I did the best I could at editing and figured I could show some of these.  I birthed on my knees while leaning over the seat of the couch.  Hot compresses are WONDERFUL, as is a pillow to grunt, groan and scream into while trying to keep a toddler asleep in her bedroom through the birth... :-)  My mom got her wish... She got to boil the water LOL!

In labor...

Here he comes!

Heads out!  Daddy holds the head while one of my midwives wipes his face...

Body is being birthed...  Daddy's catching with the help of one of my midwives.

Andrew is being passed through my legs to my very anxious and waiting hands.

I'm holding my son for the first time.  

Mama is in awe of her new baby...

Starting to clean him off...