The first thing I noticed when I walked in to this birth space Mama was laboring away on her favorite sofa with the loving support of her husband. The family's midwife, Gloria Moore with Bearth Midwifery was close by offering words of encouragement, counter-pressure and finishing up prep for baby's arrival in between surges. By the sound of it, it wouldn't be long. And what seemed like only a  few minutes later while the birth pool was still filling up, baby girl made her way earth-side and into Mama's arms.

Here are a handful of images from this remarkable homebirth experience: