A while back, before I had her permission to post, I wrote “Triumph” about Shaye’s birth. On Brighton’s one-month birthday, she’s now published the full birth story. It doesn’t show up well in firefox, so use IE. And prepare to be amazed. A few of my personal fave bits:
- The look on her face after surgery, compared to the look after Brighton’s birth
- The fact that her husband went on the radio to ask for pilots to fly them to a birth place! What a guy! You go, Lee!
- Her discussion of fear-based living, at the end. Woah.
Way to go, Shaye. I am so so so proud of you, and of what you’ve accomplished. What a beacon of hope, what a trailblazer, to all the other women who are stuck where you were, and not sure how to get out. Because you did it, they’ll be able to see a path as well.
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Yay! Thanks to Shaye so much for sharing more, and hats off to her for being willing to ride in a car for hours during mid-advanced labor!! (Silently wishing my own HWBAC, as glorious as it was, had come with a better LT recovery – I still have issues that might never resolve… but better than another c/s!)
I cried all the way through her story. So awesome!