The miracle of birth

Despite feeling like I had a truck dropped on me, I dragged my sorry butt to clinical last night and had an AMAZING experience. I got to observe my first birth. Well, my first birth without me being the one who is birthing. Let me tell you, when you are not the one pushing and crying with exhaustion, it is such an amazing and beautiful experience. I met the couple when I first arrived at the hospital at 4:00 PM and stayed with them until she delivered at 8:15PM. This mother was such a trooper. She pushed for 3+ hours!!!!! This was unimaginable to me because I barely had to push with Connor and Jaxson was out before the doctor got into the room. (no pushing involved) Being on the other side of labor is such an experience. You forget how scared and confusing it is to be a first time mother getting ready to deliver. This mother was so amazing. She was the one doing all the work and we were just holding her legs for her, yet she kept thanking us for "doing all the work" She labored for 22 hours, pushed for almost 4 and the end result was a beautiful little girl. I cannot begin to explain how incredible it is to see the human body deliver another human. I was able to watch every process of this little head coming down and to see the little eyes open for the first time. The most spiritual experience in the world is seeing another person open their mortal eyes for the first time and if I chose to go into labor and delivery I have no doubts that I will be close to heaven every day that I work. How amazing is that? The only other experience that can top that is to be with someone when they close their mortal eyes for the last time, and the peace that you feel when their spirit leaves this world. I have also had many experiences being on that end and I can testify from personal experience that the feeling of closeness to heaven is the most powerful and peaceful feeling in the world. I have concluded that it is that powerful feeling that persuades spirits to leave the spirit world and come to earth and also that feeling guides them back home. I can only imagine how wonderful it must feel to know that you are returning back to the presence of God. I think of how hard it must be to leave those you love and have decided that it must be such a wonderful feeling to return back home that the joy overtakes the pain. I did not understand at the time why I was inspired to select nursing as my lifelong profession, but after last night I have no doubts.