3
years ago tonight, I took my second big walk of the day, saw our
neighbor Sarah who was 9 at the time, and she gave Ivy a little talking
to and asked her to "come out sometime in the next few hours" for mom
please! I was laying on the couch around this time and started getting
some light contractions, like I had been for a few nights in a row. Each
night they would subside after a few hours.
I assumed this
night would be the same. I watched a movie, tried to go to sleep, took a
shower, but they never subsided. I was trying to go to sleep when I
felt my water break slightly! We called The Bryn Mawr Birth Center and they told
me to try to sleep and call them in the morning or if anything changed.
While laying in bed, Craig and I were talking and I would pause our
conversation when a contraction came. Suddenly he said, wow, you are
pausing like every 2 minutes. Pretty soon after that I decided it was
time to go in to TBC!
I called
my doula who was waiting for me in the parking lot and after just an
hour and a half at The Birth Center, Ivy Eden was born in the Blue Room with midwife Ann and
nurse Sabina at 6:01 am! Happy Birthday Ivy .
I look back on the experience with glowing pride and admiration of my body, my husband, my abilities and my amazing baby. It is my hope that my clients experience this same glowing, exploding pride and admiration of their body, their abilities, their partner and their baby.
It was special
this week to also be able to attend a birth as a doula in the very same
room I had Ivy! Perfect timing:-) Happy 3rd Birthday my sweet wonderful
Ivy, you find new and wonderful ways to amaze me every single moment.
