My personal birth experiences were special to me and now as I look back on them nearly three decades later I can say with gratitude that each one of them prepared me for the birthing work that I do today. In just three births I experienced most of the modern techniques of birthing including a medicated birth, cesarean section, and a birthing center birth with natural labor. These three events in my life was the starting point for learning how to assist women on the journey of birthing.