pottermamma
05-20-2003, 11:50 AM
After a very amazing and thankfully uneventful pregnancy I had a very WONDERFUL and uncomplicated birth. This is a GREAT forum, and I just LOVE birth stories ~ So, here we go!!!!!!:love
This is what I wrote to Isaiah, about 3 or 4 days after his birth, in his little book I am keeping for him:
We fouind out that you would be coming in March 200. We were so very excited and began thinking about all the htings expecting parents think about... will we have boy or girl...when will he/she come...what will the baby look like.
You blessed me with a very easy and uneventful pregnancy. We went to the birth center often and they took good care of us there, Elizabeth, Ashley, Julie and Joan. It was a very hot summer this year and very dry. We went to the mountains many thimes and we talked about all the blessings God gave us while your daddy chopped wood so you would be warm all winter long.
You first announced your coming on Saturday 11/4/00 around 3 in the afternoon. Mom didn't believe you though ~ I just thought it was my body doing its thing. Dad and I went out to dinner at the Trading Post that night with Ashley and then we all went to see a movie. I still didn't think you were coming.
Dad and I got up that night together because I wasn't feeling so well, still having those pains ~ yet ~ I still didn't believe you were coming. It is now Sunday morning 11/5/00. I'm still having the cramps but they aren't bad ~ can't be labor ~ oh well ~ lets just time them for fun. Very irrecular, and they said they'd be regular (every 5 min 1 min apart) can't be labor.
FInally your dad convinced me to call Ashley. We decided that you would be coming but not fo a while. We decided to get some rest. Ashley called back though and said she thought we should get on our way to town, so we did.
We got to the center around 10:00 or so that night. You were on your way so mom got into the tub and was VERY comfey. It took about 45 min to push you out and I almost thought I'd get up and leave. I was done and I figured you could just hang out inside my belly and live with me. You didn't agree though and there you were. at 11:40 on 11/5/00 you came in to this world. Your daddy watched the whole thing (mom's eyes were closed until you were put on my belly). Ashley caught you and handed you up to mom. Daddy then cut your cord.
You were and are so amazing. Gazing into your eyes I thanked God for you and that you were a healthy baby boy.
I feel so lucky that you chose me to be your mom. What follows is a journal of your life. I'll try my best to keep it until you can choose to do so yourself.
I love you with all my heart Isaiah. Your dad and I feel so blessed and lucky to make you part of our family. We hope to have many years wit hyou and we continually ask for guadance so that we may suppor tyou on the life path you have chosen
All my love
Mamma
xxoo
Birthing a baby is so amazing. It was so primal and so powerful ~ I can't wait to do it again (God willing)!!! I still find times when I think so fondly of his birth. I also feel so lucky and thankful that there were no complications as I know it is an amazing feat to carry and birth a healthy baby without any intervention or complication ~ so many things have to come together, and until his birth, I took all this for granted. :love
There was only one time that I lost it. I imagine I was in transition, but I was 10 cm the first time anyone checked me so I don't really know. I was screaming and groaning but knew somewhere I had to get it together so Dh could drive me 30 min to the birth center and I couldn't go the whole way screaming or we'd have an accident. So, I breathed and breathed. When I got to the center the midwife (Joan) said you sure are working hard huh!!!!! All I wanted was to be 5 so I could get in that tub. They checked me and said I was 10 ~ Woo Hoo!!!! I threw off my night gown and got into that tub, puked and pushed him out!!!!!! His water didn't break until I pushend him out, there was hardley any blood and thankfully my greatest fear did not come true (I had horrible visions of pooping in the tub when I was birthing). He was so calm, I had to ask him to cry. They gave him a few puffs of O2 and he was pink but still so calm. His dad held him against his chest while I got stiches. Everyone else then slept, but I couldn't. I just layed beside my 2 guys in disbelief that this was now my family!!!!!
I also loved the feeling of connectedness I felt to all the women that went before me and all those that will go after me, bringing babies into this world. It was just awe inspiring. I don't think I will forget that either.
Love to all you that have birthed are birthing and will birth babies ~ You are my sisters and thank you for taking the time to read about Isaiah's magical arrival:love
This is what I wrote to Isaiah, about 3 or 4 days after his birth, in his little book I am keeping for him:
We fouind out that you would be coming in March 200. We were so very excited and began thinking about all the htings expecting parents think about... will we have boy or girl...when will he/she come...what will the baby look like.
You blessed me with a very easy and uneventful pregnancy. We went to the birth center often and they took good care of us there, Elizabeth, Ashley, Julie and Joan. It was a very hot summer this year and very dry. We went to the mountains many thimes and we talked about all the blessings God gave us while your daddy chopped wood so you would be warm all winter long.
You first announced your coming on Saturday 11/4/00 around 3 in the afternoon. Mom didn't believe you though ~ I just thought it was my body doing its thing. Dad and I went out to dinner at the Trading Post that night with Ashley and then we all went to see a movie. I still didn't think you were coming.
Dad and I got up that night together because I wasn't feeling so well, still having those pains ~ yet ~ I still didn't believe you were coming. It is now Sunday morning 11/5/00. I'm still having the cramps but they aren't bad ~ can't be labor ~ oh well ~ lets just time them for fun. Very irrecular, and they said they'd be regular (every 5 min 1 min apart) can't be labor.
FInally your dad convinced me to call Ashley. We decided that you would be coming but not fo a while. We decided to get some rest. Ashley called back though and said she thought we should get on our way to town, so we did.
We got to the center around 10:00 or so that night. You were on your way so mom got into the tub and was VERY comfey. It took about 45 min to push you out and I almost thought I'd get up and leave. I was done and I figured you could just hang out inside my belly and live with me. You didn't agree though and there you were. at 11:40 on 11/5/00 you came in to this world. Your daddy watched the whole thing (mom's eyes were closed until you were put on my belly). Ashley caught you and handed you up to mom. Daddy then cut your cord.
You were and are so amazing. Gazing into your eyes I thanked God for you and that you were a healthy baby boy.
I feel so lucky that you chose me to be your mom. What follows is a journal of your life. I'll try my best to keep it until you can choose to do so yourself.
I love you with all my heart Isaiah. Your dad and I feel so blessed and lucky to make you part of our family. We hope to have many years wit hyou and we continually ask for guadance so that we may suppor tyou on the life path you have chosen
All my love
Mamma
xxoo
Birthing a baby is so amazing. It was so primal and so powerful ~ I can't wait to do it again (God willing)!!! I still find times when I think so fondly of his birth. I also feel so lucky and thankful that there were no complications as I know it is an amazing feat to carry and birth a healthy baby without any intervention or complication ~ so many things have to come together, and until his birth, I took all this for granted. :love
There was only one time that I lost it. I imagine I was in transition, but I was 10 cm the first time anyone checked me so I don't really know. I was screaming and groaning but knew somewhere I had to get it together so Dh could drive me 30 min to the birth center and I couldn't go the whole way screaming or we'd have an accident. So, I breathed and breathed. When I got to the center the midwife (Joan) said you sure are working hard huh!!!!! All I wanted was to be 5 so I could get in that tub. They checked me and said I was 10 ~ Woo Hoo!!!! I threw off my night gown and got into that tub, puked and pushed him out!!!!!! His water didn't break until I pushend him out, there was hardley any blood and thankfully my greatest fear did not come true (I had horrible visions of pooping in the tub when I was birthing). He was so calm, I had to ask him to cry. They gave him a few puffs of O2 and he was pink but still so calm. His dad held him against his chest while I got stiches. Everyone else then slept, but I couldn't. I just layed beside my 2 guys in disbelief that this was now my family!!!!!
I also loved the feeling of connectedness I felt to all the women that went before me and all those that will go after me, bringing babies into this world. It was just awe inspiring. I don't think I will forget that either.
Love to all you that have birthed are birthing and will birth babies ~ You are my sisters and thank you for taking the time to read about Isaiah's magical arrival:love