I Delivered My Last Baby Today

This morning, after a 30 year career, I delivered my last baby. It was planned, it was intentional and it was emotional. Delivering babies is not easy. Deciding to stop delivering them is not easy either.

I delivered my first baby as a third year medical student, when a midwife noticed my excitement at being placed in the delivery room. She also noticed that I was trying to make myself invisible, as is the job…