Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Busy morning

Busy morning this morning!  Not typically what I do at 2:30 a.m....

I'm here in Pueblo for the week, came down yesterday so I would be ready to help my sister during labor when the time came.  The time came this morning!  We were to the hospital by 3:00, waited for an epidural FOREVER (I fully blame the nurse, I think she didn't believe Kari that it was getting REALLY intense) and at 4:30, with no epidural in sight, Addilyn was making her way into the world and Kari was really ticked that there was no hope for pain meds.  She braved through it, SO amazing (totally made me look like a wuss with how in-control she was!) and my sweet new neice was born at 4:48 a.m., 7 lb 5 oz, 20" long, SO DANG CUTE. 

I'm super grateful I could be here.  For one, it's such an amazing thing to see and experience!  They're so big and so tiny all at once. For another, I think I might have done a little bit of good with my presence - labor is scary, and to go without drugs when you really WANTED them? Terrifying.  So I'm glad I could be there to help talk her down from the ledge you get to when there's no turning back but you reallyreallyREALLY don't want to go forward. What an amazing day :)  Now I need a nap!

5 comments:

Elsha said...

Crazy birth story!

Kari and Jonathan said...

Crazy is RIGHT! Oh man, I neverneverNEVER could have done it without you! What a great blessing that you were so willing to be here with me. You're such a great labor coach, not to mention you've got a great hand with the fan :) I can never thank you enough, and my nurse told me to tell you thank you and how wonderful you were the whole time.. Even though she'll not go down on my "favorites" list.
You're the best!!

Kathy said...

Congratulations Kari! Good job helping her through it Kirsta. It is an awesome thing to be a part of!

hibiscusgirl said...

yay for natural birth & being in control. good thing is, our bodies are made for it & the pain goes away after. good job mama!

Eric and Amy said...

I'm glad you could be there for her!

I remember my nurse not believing me that Espen was breech (from 28 weeks on) and trying to read an ultrasound. She was telling me that his butt was really his head and that I would have to deliver him naturally. I would have been fine with that, but I'd been told for 11 weeks that I would have to have a c-section and I had made my peace with it. I was in no way ready to breathe through contractions, etc.

Crazy nurses. I think they get some wicked kick out of torturing moms in labor.