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Margot’s birth story 💫

a couple notable things — this entire journey for me, including conception, had a golden thread of surrender. I remember when we decided to just try + see what happens I instantly started to grasp for control and fear of “what if”. The Lord spoke so clearly to me then and told me “Katrina, you’re going to need to learn surrender now. Breathe + let go, because you’ll need it even more for pregnancy, and even more for labor.” 

home birth had been a desire of mine long before we got pregnant but it’s still something I surrendered in prayer too. because it doesn’t always happen. sometimes transfer is necessary. but I feel so seen, so heard and so known after this entire process with God. 

I prayed for some very specific things
💫 a perfectly healthy home birth
💫 for timing / not a fast birth so I didn’t birth without my midwife. I really loved her and wanted her there 
💫 for everyone in the room to feel Gods presence / see Him working
💫 no tearing 
💫 the hour drive to where I was birthing to somehow feel super short. 

by the end of this pregnancy (I went 41+2) I was sooo antsy and feeling so frustrated. I felt so uncomfortable and wasn’t seeing much cervical change or feeling intense contractions and I really thought that meant my body had more than a week left. I also felt so tied to my apartment / lonely bc I knew that at any point the gun could go off and I’d be running a marathon with no stopping.
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