As one might have guessed from my wife’s article on midwifery, she delivered our second child at home with the aid of midwives. Madeleine Michelle Carson was born at 10:50 Tuesday night September the 13th weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. With no drugs to dull the experience, Heather said this was the hardest work she had ever done in her life. On the other hand, the benefits we were hoping for by using midwives were fully realized. For example, some preventative measures they recommended throughout the pregnancy helped my wife avoid a problem she had had with the first pregnancy. … Continue reading She Practices What She Preaches