Bethany C. Meyers Instagram – I’m currently writing this caption at 7:30 pm on 3/5/24. Kilmer was born at 9:39 pm on 3/5/23 which means at this moment, one year ago I was at the most challenging part of my labor. They call it “transition” – the end of active labor right before you start pushing. For most birthers, it’s the moment where you want to give up, and I was no exception. I remember cursing my home birth and thinking if I were in a hospital I’d have them pump me with every drug on earth (in actuality I’m so grateful for my unmedicated birth and would do it 100x’s over bc it was the right decision for ME)
Transition. The final stage before you push. The second to last stage before baby takes their first breath and you become a mother. The hardest point that ushers in the biggest reward.
Transition is right. What a transition this year has been. One I had no idea would affect me so deeply or so profoundly. I don’t know if it’s this way for everyone, I certainly don’t think you need to have a baby to experience life altering change, but I did. That I know. I was meant to have Kilmer, and she was meant to have me, and Nico and I were meant to have this family.
About a week after Kilmer was born, we had her chart read by the incredible @jennracioppi and last night we listened to the recording, a tradition we plan to do every year on her birthday. One consistent theme that kept coming up when our charts were read all together was that the three of us created a little universe. Me being the soil for Kilmer – the nourishment, the grounding. Nico being the sky – the light, the possibility. And Kilmer being the space between – helping us both root deeper and grow taller.
Kilmer Dove Meyers Tortorella, you have opened up a whole new universe for us. A hallmark of your birth chart is “healer” and you have already began your life’s work. Thank you for choosing me, for choosing us. We waited a long time for you and it was worth every. single. second.
Photos from Kilmer’s birthday party by the very talented @ashtonroyalcreative (highly recommend if you are seeking a south Florida photographer!) | Posted on 06/Mar/2024 20:06:24
