(Updated with pic)..Home birth tonight...

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By Ruben Obregon

Judah photo.jpg
Judah..

As I mentioned in my prior post about home births and the ACOG, my wife decided to give birth at home..

Two weeks ago we thought little Judah, who had already been in the world for 38 weeks, was going to be born. As it turns out, it was a bit early...

But last night his mom's contractions started to become somewhat regular, and this afternoon they were close enough to know that birth was imminent.

It's 10:44pm (EST) and right now I'm filling the birthing pool in my living room, as my wife relaxes while listening to her ipod (she's listening to her hypnobabies program.). The midwife is on her way, and I'm making sure everything is just right...

Children are such a blessing, and the birth of a child is such a blessing to a family - one has to wonder why anybody would want to limit the number of blessings they would receive. I guess children don't stack up to fancy cars, large houses, credit card debt, and other things that make people not be able to "afford" the gift of more children.

This pregnancy has made me realize that the pro-life movement offers something that the abortion rights movement can't - the feeling that every birth, planned or not, is a beautiful event, and that every child conceived is a miracle.


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God's richest blessings on you and your wife... please do post pictures of the little one.

Nearly 36 years ago, I delivered my precious daughter, Jessica,
at home.

Prayers that your delivery will be blessed by our Creator
and Lover of our souls, Jesus Christ!

Excellent photo - congratulations!

What a precious photo of your newly born babe. Congratulations! Are midwives legal in your state?

I wrote a blog post about homebirth and reproductive rights and included some of your thoughts in it. I thought you might be interested in reading it.

http://spiritledbirth.blogspot.com/2008/09/father-praises-god-for-baby-born-at.html

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