tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887623338018502207.post272726446847589702..comments2023-09-30T08:55:21.770-07:00Comments on Labor of Love Doula Services and Childbirth Education: Mares Don't Like to be WatchedJennifer Stover Doulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11501613611944281236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887623338018502207.post-67549561103019585042010-10-08T19:29:54.578-07:002010-10-08T19:29:54.578-07:00What a great story Nancy!It fits right in with ano...What a great story Nancy!It fits right in with another piece I have floating around in my head, "Mares Don't Listen to Due Dates". First though I want to write, "Mares Believe in Homebirth".Jennifer Stover Doulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501613611944281236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887623338018502207.post-61941370372096999112010-10-08T18:56:34.847-07:002010-10-08T18:56:34.847-07:00I watched my mare nightly for over 4 weeks. She w...I watched my mare nightly for over 4 weeks. She went two weeks over due, it was a long month. The first morning that I did not go out to the barn to check at 4am, although I was awake (just reading in bed), heard the loud sound of a birth song. The cat's head came up off the bed at the sound. I threw on my clothes and as I ran outside I could see the outline of the mare pacing in the soft backlight in the barn. She moved and there was the precious outline of the little filly standing for the first time. The only reason I didn't go out that morning is that my shoer had said she could go another two weeks. Just love that she did it the way she wanted too. Humans would do well, to birth the way horses do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com