Bright Blessed Autumn!

Fall is my absolute favourite time of year-- the crisp air, the falling leaves, the way the light seems to slant at an angle. It's also an incredibly busy time for us in the birth world-- babies, babies everywhere! We joke at work that we're reaping the consequences of all those holiday parties nine months ago.

Unfortunately, more babies means more atrocities, at least where I work. More cesareans... more mothers subjected to unnecessary surgeries, more infants struggling with the effects of being not-quite-term due to elective inductions and c-sections. It's frustrating and demoralizing, and I've decided to do something about it-- but more on that later. For now I just want to wish you all joy of the season, what I think is "the most wonderful time of the year," and offer heartfelt blessings of wind and branch, storm and sea, earth and sky. Bendithion!