Women in Art 278 Magazine May 2014 | Page 9

the background, Hildegard of Bingen’s musical compositions, modernized in a CD called VISION, was playing in the background. I brought other music, but nothing else would do. I wasn’t sure if I should push, given what they told me. When I was assured I could push, I pushed and she was born later on that afternoon. Natural childbirth. A girl, eight pounds three ounces. The exact weight that I was 39 years before. All I can say is, don’t listen to what they tell you, accept nothing less than what you know is possible! en ART wom the possible enemy of the life inside me, the abnormality of a tumor growing in me. I called the light to take out the darkness. To bring in health, happiness and joy of a perfect baby. The doctor’s didn’t know where the tumor was attached. I may bleed to death. I may have to have an emergency C-section. I would probably have a premature delivery. None of those things came to pass. My pregnancy came to full term, in fact they decided to induce labor. Two doctors were standing by. My water broke. In