Well, she's here.
MaryElise Kathleen Noonan was born on July 22nd 2008 at 5:45am. She was born at home, just inches above our living room floor, where her Daddy did the catching and the cord cutting. My midwife arrived at around four am, after I had been in what turned out to be pretty rapidly-advancing labor since midnight. No contractions at that time, just water breakage. The contractions started around two, I called her at three, and well, the baby was on her way.
When Jen (my midwife) arrived, I had to confess that I had drunk a really putrid disgusting combination of vodka, orange juice and castor oil beginning around six pm the evening before in order to bring on labor. My mucous plug had been making its way out for days and I knew I was ripe. The Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year had arrived in the mail that day and i decided to go for it once I found the recipe inside. It only works if you are ready to be pushed over the edge, and apparently I was because just like clockwork, after some brief nipple stimulation, my water broke and we were on our way.
I know you are dying to see her as opposed to reading my description, so here is the first-ever picture of MaryElise, taken by Daddy, while the midwife was getting her dressed. She and I had been cuddling all naked and bloody for a while before the midwife cleaned her up a little bit and got her dressed in her tie-dye onesie and a nightgown. We had already nursed at this point, too.
I love homebirth!
The next pictures are of MaryElise and myself taking a Leboyer bath. Google it :-).
And here she is snoozing, looking just like her Mama.
Of course, she is almost a month old as I type this. There is lots more to blog, and I will do so this week, so thank you for your patience and keep checking back!
-heather and maryelise
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1 comment:
Congratulations!
What a beautiful little one with a beautiful name!
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