How physical birth and emotional/spiritual growth or birth have similar stages. How my actual labors have mirrored my emotional/ spiritual labors. I end with Rachel (Jacobs wife) and how she faced her final fear, the fear of dying in labor. How she literally transitioned in her transition phase of labor. Honoring her spiritual and emotional growth in (perhaps) actually letting go of her dads idols and cleaning herself before she died. Honoring the matriarchs of Torah.