Hi. To those new here, you may not know that I used to be a birth photographer. No, not newborn photographer. I was in the delivery room, at the foot of the birthing tub, outside the OR doors, with camera in hand. It was the most humbling work I've ever done. And whether you're new here or not, this is probably the first you're hearing about my impending hiatus from said work. There is a phase in labor called transition. It’s the threshold to birth. The body is working harder