Doula

The 1st birth I helped at was over 20 years ago. My step sister was having her first baby and I had a privilege of helping her (along with several others). It was a natural birth and an amazing miracle! I was on cloud nine for days following. The only difficult part for me was watching the doctor stitch her up after an episiotomy (this was awfully painful for her) which I think could have been avoided with perineal massage.
I've helped at many births since. It's a love of mine that I hope to continue once the children are raised. My real dream (though just a tad bit unrealistic) is to help Amish women deliver their babies. Almost all of them have homebirths. I am fascinated with the Amish and birth so there you have it:)
I've given birth 6 times... 2 homebirths with a wonderful, Christian midwife and 4 other times : 1 with a doctor ( bad tearing) and 3 other times with midwives in the hospital (wonderful!) giving birth has been one of the hardest things I've ever done but the most rewarding of all.