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I’ve been a midwife for over thirty years. I’ve lost track of how many babies I’ve caught. Over that time I’ve noticed that just when I think I know something, a birth will show me something that doesn't fit within my preconceived notions of normal. The more births I attended, the more my definition of normal expanded. I’m no longer attending human births, because my body can’t take the hours anymore. Even so, I've been missing babies, something fierce. They are by far my favorite people. When thinking about what could be next for me, I decided that having puppies could bring me joy as well.