Last night/today I attended my first birth. Well. Actually that's a misnomer. I attended MY birth (as in when I was born) as well as the births of my two biological children. But this was the first time I've seen birth from the other side.
It was unreal. I didn't feel sick or queasy, but I did feel a little scared a couple of times. But mostly it was just amazing, and miraculous, and kind of gross and disturbing at times too. But DANG, Anise is one strong mama. No medical intervention-- no pain meds, no pitocin, no episiotomy. She delivered in MY bed surrounded by two midwives-- Sarah and Jonna-- me, her mom, her aunt, Nahomie, and her two sisters. (It was a crowded room.)
It was a long hard birth for Anise-- 31 hours in all. Sarah and I were there for 16 of them. We pulled an all-nighter. It's been my first all-nighter in Haiti and my first since college maybe.
But I thought I'd show you what Anise has been working towards for the past 41 weeks---
Meet Max Danielson.
Mama is sore and tired. Baby is great-- mellow and wonderful.
God is gracious.
6 comments:
Oh my gracious, he is so beautiful! Tell Anise and Daddy (I forget his name!) congratulations from me. Good job, mama; you did great!
Wow, I thought 22 hours was bad and I had and epidural for half of that!! Amazing, I don't know how women do that! I would love to see it from that side now that I've done it...Fun stuff. That baby looks so alert!
Beautiful!
I am trying to picture ALL of those people in you little room.Where were the kids?
Oh.my.word. He is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
He is absolutley beautiful! Blessings on him and his family.
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