アリミ・バラードさんのインスタグラム写真 - (アリミ・バラードInstagram)「✨💖✨ #AllTheFeels • #Repost w/ @dioryummyfactor ・・・ I felt a space opening inside of me... And I breathed in deep and held just as instructed. I was having my second child but the first one through this natural space made for such things. "Don't push," my doctor said. That was more than a notion because everything in me wanted to bear down even my eyebrows were calling for it. The furrowing of the brow as you concentrate all of your efforts in the pushing out into the world this life that had grown safely inside of me for 9 months. But I did as instructed and I didn't push. You see my doctor knew there is something else that happens when you don't push. You allow the space for your body to relax and loosen itself and open up to make room for this grand entrance. This allowing...this letting...this releasing allows for the possibility of no tearing and ripping to happen. Later the nurses marveled at this moment as my new baby lay contentedly on my chest. They praised my doctor for his knowingness for his patience and his kindness in doing this thing. No episiotomy was necessary and no tearing took place at the birth. I was sitting and listening.. a family meeting had been called by my eldest. And I think I just heard my child say that the name they had chosen for themselves was Zion. That they did not identify with being a girl anymore but with being a boy. Ohh... I breathed in deep and held just as I had grown accustomed to doing when things felt hard. And I did not bear down. I did not furrow my brow and try with all of my might to push away this new idea, with all of my questions which would only serve to negate the moment. "Zion" ohh how I love that name I couldn't help but let that thought tiptoe into my consciousness. After all It was one of the names listed in their baby book before I knew if I was having a girl or a boy. I repeated the name in my head..."Zion" And I felt a space open up inside of me. I sat still in the new space and allowed room for my child to speak their truth. My daughter.. my child.. was claiming a space for themselves and this space was making room for "Him". Finish reading on my blog... www.TheYummyFactorbyDior.com」12月25日 12時26分