Bella and her friend Brenna holding a sign at the Midwives Rally held on the lawn of the state capitol on Friday - International Midwives Day. Nobody asked them to, nobody told them what to do - these two little homeborn girls found a sign, picked it up and held it up on the sidewalk for all to see.

Those two little girls ARE the change we hope to see in the world of birth. Imagine the power of two little girls who will grow up believing in birth, and in the power and wisdom of the female body. Two little girls who will never doubt that their bodies were perfect, just the way they are, because they witnessed from birth onwards just what women can do. Two awesome little girls who know that their bodies can grow and nourish a baby in pregnancy and beyond. Two little girls who will grow up knowing the powerful feeling of women in community, of women coming together to create change.

Just imagine that.

More photos from the rally:

Midwife Marinah with Leigh’s daughter Kaia

Homebirth Junkie Leigh - who helped organize the rally, and who put together a simply amazing slideshow of midwife attended birth photos.

My beloved Mani and the incredible Robin - now teacher and apprentice (I feel like a matchmaker)

Leigh, the girls and another supporter hold up signs for vehicles passing the capitol building.

Bella’s friend Adri, her baby sister Sara was born at home on 4/25- and I got to be there!