Having a Home Birth Without a Midwife Present

Now let me just say this was NOT THE PLAN. I was supposed to have a water birth, dimmed lights, calming music, my midwife present along with my wife, our 2 sons, my mom and doula. Well, my wife and everyone listed after that were present but nothing else went as planned.

Reflecting on this one year later is interesting because I would absolutely do it all again. It was still so beautiful and perfect even though not as I had always pictured my home birth to be. But that is the thing about life, so many times things do not go as planned, yet there is still so much beauty and purpose in how it plays out.

Taken right after Lindsay helped me deliver our baby and we are taking our first glance of him together.

In the video below, I share the audio of when Maddox made his debut earthside along with some treasured images from that night. Grateful our midwife made it about 20 minutes after our baby arrived, but I never had any doubt about my or my baby’s safety. I had spent months practicing hypnobirthing and had focused on the importance of my mindset. Now, my mom didn’t go through that, so she was nervous as hell that this baby was coming with no medical professional nearby. But we made it through, emotions high (as you will hear her exclaim in the video when Maddox cries for the first time). That soft cry was truly the sweetest sound.