A wave of love engulfed me forever!

I gave birth to both my sons at home in water in 2002 and again in 2004. The first birth I tensed up during contractions and did not dilate as fast as my midwife would have liked, so she broke my waters. That was at 9.30 pm. I was three centimeters dilated. After that, dilation went so fast that I was pushing less than two hours later. The pushing took only 5 minutes and with two contractions he was born!! That's when the ecstacy began. Actally about an hour later, when everyone left and I got up close to his tiny face sleeping on my husband's chest. A wave of love engulfed me forever! Two years later, pregnant again, I looked for a midwife who would leave me to birth completely in my own tempo with no pressure and no interference. I had done lots of preparation and had heard of and read about painless birth. This time I did not tense my body with contractions but rather, I rode the wave...grinding and rocking my pelvis, feeling my baby's head helping to open me up with each new wave. And no, it wasn't painless, but I sure did enjoy myself. For about 45 minutes at the end of dilation really hurt and then came the urge to push. Again, five minutes and there he was. Another gorgeous baby boy, another all encompassing wave of ecstatic love! This time, about two minutes after the birth I looked up and said, Wow, that was easy! Cordelia