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  • Very powerful! Good job! Showing how birth is normal. I too had a homebirth!

  • FABULOUS!!!!!

    

  • Lol, that's a good one. Maybe I need to do a remix.

  • Wow - The look of joy on your face at 4:05. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing such a personal and life-changing moment.

  • all these birth videos are great, but the background music leaves a lot to be desired. So what I do now is play "Chariots of Fire" and boy what a difference. In this video where she says OMG,

  • thank you for sharing this wonderful video. my 4 year old daughter has been very interested in birth and so we watched this video by way of explanation and it was perfect! she asked me to tell you that she would love to have sent your daughter a card.

  • @JCNiala I am glad the two of you enjoyed it. Maybe it would please your daughter to know that Lillith will be four in April. :)

  • D: She's really big!

  • Beautifully done. Thanks for sharing.

  • your daughter is BEAUTIFUL!(:

  • Absolutely beautiful and wonderful!! Thank you for sharing your most intimate and breath-taking moment in a mother's life! From one mom to another, BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • you did wonderful! Thanks for sharing that :)

    

  • Congratulations! I am delighted for you. Jeanne in Manhattan

  • awww , my god shes gourgeous

  • shes gorgeous! good job! pretty name, too.

  • dammmmm that was beautiful to watch ,,,,,,im a mum of 2boys ....good job lillith......and it nice of ur huni to be wif u all the way ........good be wif u all

  • that was very beautiful and Lillith is actually one of my favorite names

  • Beautifull birth and Lillith is adorable.

  • Your face says it all!

    

  • STUNNING AND VERY TATEFULLY DONE!!!

  • So beautiful. I used the same birthing pool. :) Cheers to HOMEBIRTHS!!

  • this is how birth should be u did amazing giving birth is so rewarding thank you

  • That was absolutely beautiful, thanks so much for posting it!

  • beautiful, inspiring and natural just as birth should be. You have a beautiful little girl. Thanks for sharing and showing us mama's to be that homebirth rocks!!!!

  • Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing. Makes me wish I had something like this to look back on for my births. Of course, my memories are sweet, too. 1st an unecessary c-section, which is not my best memory, then 1 beautiful natural birth in a hospital with a midwife, and my last two amazing births at home. My homebirthed babies were the biggest, both 9lbs, 8 oz. Such empowering beautiful expereinces, resulting in a beautiful family.

  • Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!! <3

  • Wow, all babies are adorable, but your little Lillith is breath-takingly beautiful! Such pretty eyes and skin! What an amazing birth, thanks so much for sharing how truly beautiful and amazing birth can be :).

  • what a wonderful job you did !! Amazing mama

  • awwww beautiful!! Iam trying not to cry -blessing to you and ur family.

  • Sorry, just a few more things, giving birth is very natural, women do it every day all around the world, you are not sick or ill, so I don't see why we need to go to hospital. But it is a completely personal choice and no one has the right to be judgmental or hurtful to others for their chosen method of birthing. And which ever way you choose to give birth, the end result is always worth anything you went through. @metrojosie congratulations on your strength and on your beautiful daughter. Elle

  • I just wanted to support your previous comments by saying that I live in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In 2008 when your beautiful daughter was born, and mine too (Fiona 30-10-2008) 78% of women in the Netherlands planned to give birth at home, and about 80% of these women actually did. It is normal here to give birth at home, and mostly still without water baths. A midwife will only take you too the hospital if you or the baby are at risk.

  • Incredibly photos and Lillith is a BEAUTIFUL baby xoxo

  • omg, that's a beautiful baby, and it seems like all of you did a great job!

  • Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

  • did u name your daughters middle name suzanne cuz suzanne is ur friends name and u wanted2 name her after her? and btw your daughter is soooo beautiful and her eyes are soooo pretty!

  • Thank you for sharing your wonderful birth. As a midwife in NZ homebirth is something I cherish do quite often. This was a beautiful gental welcome into the world for your daughter who looks gorgeous. Homebirth is a safe way to give birth. Welldone.

  • 10 pounds whew!!! beautiful baby

  • Interesting name, who chose it?

  • Great video. Looks like a lovely birth. Beautiful little girl too.

  • Thank you very much for sharing this very private moment. As people may have negitive things to say about sharing this online, it is very educational to people like me who are nervous about giving birth (im due in a few weeks) so thank you! your daughter is beautiful!

  • This was a beautiful video! Congrats! :)

  • beautiful video and im completely proud of you! may God bless you and your family even though shes like almost 3 now i assume. hehehe ciao

  • ugh people GET OVER IT oh its private if your have a problem THEN DONT WATCH its funny how people just want attention...i think it's a beautiful thing...and before there were many docs and hospitals people would deliver their babies just fine people are ignorant and lack the proper knowledge...i am Apache and my family as had their children "naturally" and everyone came out perfectly fine...so people stop being attention whores

  • Please, no name-calling or other negativity in the comments please. I appreciate you sticking up for me, but please do it in a more respectful way.

  • @fibu121314 Then do not put your baby onto the internet.

  • @fibu121314 seriously- some of us are very inspired by these vids so dont watch if you dont agree! Beautiful family mom and dad. THANKS for sharing

  • @fibu121314 I don't understand the hate, this was very tastefully done. They did it in stills to boot, not even a video shot. There was no flashing of genitals or anything...And I agree with the mommy here, if you don't want to put your birth online, don't do it. But don't rain on anyone else's parade.

  • @fibu121314 - Jeez! This one isn't even GRAPHIC like some of the others. Even still, It's birth. Babies doesn't just fall from heaven onto a giant fluffy rainbow cloud, and dance amongst the unicorns and Lillies. Labor is just that. LABOR. HARD WORK. Why should these women be empowered and proud of this amazing accomplishment?! For someone so offended by birth, im surprised that you bothered to look it up.

    @ MetroJosie - AWESOME JOB!!! Your daughter is beautiful, as was your birth! Thank you

  • Oh you did so well!! Congrats :)

  • Beautiful baby but isn't the name Lillith the name that was given to the dark she-demon of hell in the bible?

  • Just beautiful...I am a student midwife and it just makes me sure that my job is incredible. Stunning to watch, well done mummy and daddy! x

  • The picture at 2:08 is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

    32 people are ashamed of their bodies.

  • awesome name! I wanna name my daughter Phoenix Fay.

  • so beautiful. This video brought tears to my eyes

  • what annoys me is all of these people bitching about homebirth. guess what? unassisted births are HEALTHIER. at hospitals nurses and doctors try and pump you with drugs that you do NOT need. did you know that birth will be a few hours quicker with NO epidural? or that the drug they inject to get the placenta out quicker can have side effects to both mother and baby?

    if there was a problem, the mother can always call an ambulance. but why would she go there, when she can have a healthy HB?!

  • what a pretty baby! good job

  • I am 34 + 1 day pregnant with my 4th child and I watched this video and have been crying all the way through it lol An amazing video/pictures with a lovely song Congrats on your daughter and you have made giving birth look, sound and feel special. I've never had a home birth as my labours are 2 to 3 hours start to finish so I have to race up to the hospital each time lol Lovely You Tube post x x x

  • I wanted to thank everyone again for your kind comments. Lillith is getting bigger and more beautiful every day. It is two years and eight months since I went into labor, and she is a happy, very cute, intelligent little girl who fills every day with joy.

    I am so glad to have a video to look back on what is still the most amazing 21 hours of my life.

    I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday, and peace and prosperity as we head into another wonderful year. Thank you!

  • @Metrojosie i think u did a wonderful job. it is strong, proud women like you who make me hope to have a baby someday. at home, with family. with love.

  • AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this....

    and some of these comments are ridic.

  • @DevGau614

    Hahaha. No it didn't. lol.

  • Her eyes are so blue! She's so beautiful. Congrats!!

  • shes so pretty!!

  • WoW.. Beautiful vid! :)

  • Awesome...congrats :))

  • Made me cried, totally in love. Thanks for sharing this. A big hug from Argentina.

  • You are so lucky if i had to do it again it would be home home and home .It is time to bring back the birthing process where it should have stayed HOME . Where women got together and help each other threw this wonderful experience .

  • sweet home birthing wow..and its a girl so awesome haha congrats :)

  • lovely slide show. i just had my 3rd baby, first home birth (first water birth as well) in march. i wish we would have taken more photos but during labor i just felt like it would distract me to know photos were being taken so i asked them only to take a few. i will never forget how different that this experience was from the hospital births - amazing!

  • at least the fish had fun

  • I so want to have my baby at home! I just keep praying I find a midwife. =) btw your baby is beautiful! <3

  • I so want to have my baby at home! I just keep praying I find a midwife. =) btw your baby is beautiful! <3

  • awesome!! it is a wonder of love!!!

  • Isn't it great? We aren't broken! Women are magnificent, powerful, beautiful and capable of bringing their baby into the world free from fear and anguish, with perfect love.

    I was born peacefully at home into the loving arms of my Family and my daughter was born the same way. Birth took me by the hand and lead me to the truth of my self. I am here so that life may be brought forth PERFECTLY!....I was made for this, and so are you.

    What insired you to have a home birth?

  • @scapermoya The mom was the "professional". She and women have always been made to give birth. How do you get more professional than that?

  • @scapermoya Actually she ha shoulder dysctocia. Yes I handled it myself.

    Had there been a problem we would have transfered to the Hospital. I am not an idiot. Women in countries that use midwives AT HOME lose fewer babies during birth than America does.

  • @Metrojosie that is veryyy true!!! i was watching this documentary about it, it absolutely shocked me.

  • that put a tear to my eye

  • Oh WOW Youre little girl is soo beautiful. God Bless you all. :)

  • I love the joy on your face when you caught your little girl...there's no other feeling in the world to compare!!! Beautiful video.

  • waw that was increadible, beautiful baby by the way :)

  • so, so beautiful! thank you!

  • beautiful! i can see by the posting date, that i'm late, but congratulations. beautiful baby girl so worth all of your hard work. also, i love the song you chose for the video. it's one of my favorites.

  • Beautiful!

  • Beautiful!

  • what's with all these grumpy comments?!! My only response is joyful! Fantastic video, thank you. I love your face when you're pulling her up out of the water! And I was amazed that when she was crowning and being born there was no midwife or anyone there (except your partner in that first picture) did you have any assistance or guidance during that stage or did you just use your intuition? Well done :)

  • you are very brave i'm having my 4th child and the first 3 were dramatic and scary but i want the last one to be calm , as calm as it can possibly be..thanks for posting your miracle..

  • what's name of this song?

  • @Tik21204 'teardrop' by massive attack. from the album 'mezzanine"

  • wow! absolutly awewsome video hun. i have been watching birth videos all night and yours was just wow

  • Wow! So lovely. I love how excited and happy you were when the baby crowned. Who smiles during the ring of fire?! Good job, hun!

  • This was beautiful!

  • Wow...this encourages me. I am having my first child in 10 weeks and am scared out of my wits! I have to be in a hospital but I have a midwife which I am excited about. Thank you for sharing your story. I believe that God gave women everything they need to bring a child in the world!

  • What a wonderful birth video. I agree with you whole heartedly...you and your baby share the birth experience. You do not need to be "delivered", you help your baby into the world gently when you birth naturally. :) It looks to me that your husband was a wonderful help to you during labor. Congrats! My boy is due in Jan and we are planning a water birth with our midwives.

  • does it really matter, ''deliver'' 'birth'' ''contractions'' ''waves''... chill out

  • @helent87 It does matter. "Deliver" implies that I need someone else to do it for me. Instead of saying what was actually done "She gave birth." Someone says "Oh he delivered your baby." My husband is not the one who did anything. I did.

  • @Metrojosie Yes obviously your husband did not deliver your baby, I apologise. I’m sure he was of immense support. I just think in this arena too much emphasis is placed on terminology , and there appears smug satisfaction in berating lay people who know no better!

  • @helent87 I appreciate that. :) It's not often someone admits a mistake and apologizes.

    This wasn't so much about the terminology. The term "delivery" is just indicative of how this country feels about birth. The woman does all the work, the person who happens to catch the baby gets all the credit. In this case, even when the woman catches her own baby, someone STILL gives the man in the room credit. The only person in the room who, by definition, actually didn't do anything.

  • @Metrojosie I agree with you 100%. My friend's baby was born in my car. I put my hands under the baby to lift him up to his mother. The most you can say I did was catch him. I definitely did not deliver him. The mother did. Or, as I would rather say, she gave birth to him. (PS He was born in the caul with a nuchal hand and virtually no pushing. Birth is definitely natural, and way easier and less scary than people think.)

  • Oh- whoops! I made that comment before reading the description. Yay, I was right, it WAS House :) I just had a feeling.. lol

  • good job......

  • It's so wonderful!!!

  • her husband did not deliver she did it herself

  • One of the most beautiful homebirth videos.  I am due in Oct. for a home birth. BTY Lillith is a beautiful name. And as for others opinion, shame on them for supporting the opinion that woman are expendable. Perhaps the true origin of the name is the true origin of domestic violence??

  • This is one of the most beautiful birth videos I have ever seen. I am due in Oct. and will be giving birth at home.

  • you are so brave! glad everything went well and happy belated birthday to your little girl

  • pizza is delivered.you r awesome!!!!

  • whats this first song?beautiful.

  • That is the prettiest baby I have ever seen!!!! And I'm not just saying that!

  • wow. Amazing that the father delieved your child. Very beatiful.

  • @phubbie ??

    My husband did not "deliver" our child. I gave birth to our child. He'll tell you himself he just kind of stood there and moved the fan where I wanted it. Pizza is delivered, children are born.

  • @Metrojosie i love that: "pizza is delivered. children are born". priceless.

  • @Metrojosie i just have to say that your comment was both badass and hilarious! ;]

  • @phubbie lol

  • NICE  response, Metrojosie! _APPLAUSE_! And I love your video, and choice of music!

  • Cool!

  • beautiful video, cute baby. But do you realize the name Lillith is a biblical name that has to do with a fallen angel, the devil "or at least i'm pretty sure it something bad", i'm more familiar with the New Testament. How did you decide on it?It's really different, did the origin of then name not bother you?

  • @kardancer1 We heard the name in a movie the night before she was born, and thought it sounded good. The origin of the name did not bother us since we are not religious people. In Jewish folklore Lilith was the first wife of Adam. She refused to become subservient to Adam since they were created equally. Naturally any woman who refuses to be subservient to men is a "demon", thus the negative connotation to this name. The idea that our daughter is a mans equal does not bother us.

  • Beautiful photos! I had my first two boys at home #1 9lbs. 4oz, and #2 9lbs. 8oz....then #3 son was a transport the hospital 9lbs. 12oz, 23 1/2" long...but natural birth...and son #4 9lbs 1oz. in hospital birth (no homebirth insurance coverage at that time). Homebirth is GREAT and so much better than hospital birth. If you can do it, do it! That's all I can say! I believe in it 100%!

  • @xxxxjojoxxxx09: It's not as painful as everyone thinks it is. Yeah, it sucks, but it's over quickly and if you keep moving, it's not nearly as bad as if you're laying on your back, scared, the whole time.

  • woow beautiful

  • this is a beautiful video. im expecting a baby girl (lily) on halloween. congratulations, and good luck with everything! :]

  • @samsamtm Congratulations and good luck to you! Your body is made to give birth!

  • Thank God for men like your husband! A woman called me & wants a VBAC, but her husband won''t let her have a home birth! The Ob's here in Michigan tell women they can have a VBAC, & then @ 34 to 36 weeks tell them a line of bs, like the hospital policy on VBAC changed overnight or he or she is the only one in the practice that does VBAC & they're leaving the practice or going on vacation. So let's schedule your repeat c. HOW CAN THEY DO THAT TO WOMEN? This is not a whim!

  • @lindahoney100: I agree that the state of Maternity "care" in this country is horrendous. That's exactly the reason I didn't want an OB, they feed you one line until they know that you are so far along it will be hard to find a different provider to take you, and then they throw a bunch of rules on you. People need to understand that women don't make these choices lightly, and quite often, we DO know what we're talking about.

  • The music at the beginning immediately reminded me of House. =]

  • @dgmkerry444: That is because it is the theme song of the show in the United States. :)

  • I LOVE this!!! Congratulations! :) ...When I gave birth is was one of the most amazing days-it makes you feel like you're alive. :)

  • @Rachelo156: yes, it does!

  • You're brave! Go girl!

  • absolutely beautiful homebirth.  beautiful!

  • She's beautiful, great job mama! Look how pink she was.

  • amazing your little one is beautiful and has gorgeous eyes. well done xx

  • haha the House theme song!! LOVE IT!!

  • The beginning of House music lol

  • Aww! She is adorable! Congrats! I bet she is growing by the minute! I am hoping I can do an at home birth! Are mid-wives covered by insurance? Anyways I know this was a while back but it was so touching to see this! Thank you! =D

  • @lifethroughthedark: Some insurance covers midwives, some don't. Very rarely will insurance cover a home birth. You'll have to get in touch with your provider and read your policy to see what is covered.

  • @Metrojosie Thank you for the info! Again, very beautiful girl! =D Have a great day! Peace and love!

  • that was lovely. Thankyou so much for sharing. That point where you pick up your baby and look up (I assume at your husband) was just amazing - your face said it all. A mixture of relief, joy, pride, disbelief that you did it, and that high you get when you birth your baby. I also birthed my baby at home in water in 2008 and it bought back all of those emotions of that moment. My boy was a petite 8lb8oz compared to your bundle of joy!! haha! Well done and thank you.

  • She's so pretty.such an angel.

  • Aww your baby was born on my birthday! Congrats! x

  • Oh this was so beautiful :)

  • Thank you for sharing such an amazing life changing experience. She is an angel God Bless.

  • lovely husband ^^ you are blessed.

  • I love this movie because it's very cute to see a baby born naturally and at home! I would like to have my next baby at home too but here in New Caledonia, in the North was very far to the hospital if the birth don't pass well. I don't speak very well english, but I just want to tell you congratulations and you're very strong mother, and the father too! You have a beautiful baby!

  • you have such i big belly

  • Brave people !

    Good for you and your beautiful daughter. Congratulations!

    More people should be encouraged to go through this natural process of birth.

    Animals do it all the time, people used to do it for thousands and thousands of years, otherwise we wouldn't be here. However, preparing for pregnancy and delivery will always help to smooth things up. Go and educate yourself here:

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    h t t p : // w w w . herbal legacy . com / Pregnancy . h t m l

  • aww god love you..ur bump was hugeee..i had a baby girl after 38 hours of labour and i tell u it is not easy wel done xx

  • I have no words..amazing!!! She is beautiful!!! You did a great job....

  • I am a Pregnant mother on her daughter's account and I simply think you are amazing! 21 Hours! My daughter took 27 hours to get out, But I wasn't as brave as you were! well done. x

  • CUTE BABY !

  • 10lbs 4oz?! My goodness! You are awesome. Congrats.

  • You're daughter is so the definition of beautiful!

  • beautiful

  • Oh wow. Aside from the beautiful birth I've gotta compliment the great choice of music for the video. Massive Attack rules.

  • thats House song!!!...

    Awesome, good job!!...10 pounds baby!!

  • Inspirational! I'm due next week. Thank you for sharing.

  • Thank you for sharing, this is amazing !!!

  • Wonderful video! Great song.

  • Congratulations! I'm amazed in what you can do.....omg Miracle Suzanne...never seen anything like this but you're strong and I admire you for that! Very supportive husband and a very good friend you stay by your side every second of it!...........excellent job!

  • Beautiful baby girl!

    Her eyes are so pretty!

    (:

  • amazing video, amazingly put together :)

  • TWENTY-ONE HOURS. You're simply amazing. I can see it was well worth it, though. Your daughter is stunning. Thank-you so much for sharing.

  • @chelse992 Thank you.

    However, 21 hours was a piece of cake. I went into labor with my firstborn on a Thursday night, and he was born Sunday morning.

  • @Metrojosie three DAYS IN LABOR!!!!!!!! i would have called it quits

  • @MultiBoredgirl You can't just tell labor to stop, It's going to keep going until it's done, lol. That's the point.

  • Just beautiful - thank you for sharing! I love your facial expressions during your labour. Truly showed the emotinal side of your babies birth!

  • aww this made me cry! guess cuz this is what awaits me..almost there!

  • Absolutely beautiful job! Thank you for sharing.

  • you are so lucky. I had to push two out. Imagine how that hurts. This is amazing. Great photographs you got there. My parents won't let me put mne up.

  • Wow this is VERY powerful...

  • Just lovely.

  • GOOD VIDEO

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  • I've seen a lot of natural home births, but never a baby that big - wow that must have hurt. That was amazing and so is mama!

  • beautiful!