Hello, I am back after a two-month break from this podcast. I am happy to be back.

And today I'm so excited to share with you a huge life event that took place over the last two

months for us, which is the birth of our fourth baby, a son, Benjamin Valor Ray. And today I'm

going to be sharing his birth story with you. I'm so excited to share it with you.

It's such a precious story. I'm going to go into the details of why we chose a home birth and just the

story of how God used his birth to really heal me and rid me of so much fear and just show me how beautiful birth can really be.

It was such an amazing experience and I'm so excited to share it with you today.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 126.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that is where our life and our legacy take place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.

Listen in.

Thank you. a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Listen in. Our fourth baby, Benjamin Valer Ray, who we call Benji, was born at home at 9.50 a.m.

on July 28, 2021. And this is his birth story. Now, before I dive into how incredible

this birth experience was, I thought I'd provide a little bit of context from our other

children and their births as it really helped me decide to have a home birth this time around

and a little bit about why I chose to have a home birth. You can agree

or disagree. That is totally fine. But for me and my family, it proved to be the best decision.

Now, when I was pregnant with my first, we had a gender surprise, unmedicated hospital birth,

and had a beautiful baby girl. And the second birth was very similar.

Another gender surprise unmedicated hospital birth.

And it was another girl.

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