My Baby Girl
Born in the Year of the Circus, raised on the trapeze
First of the grandkids on both sides,
Is 14 today!
How did that happen?
The Birth Story:
Marina was my hospital birth. The last things I did before I started labor was juggle at the Carmine St. gym (some of my best juggling, I might add. I could still do under the leg tricks, even that late in the pregnancy) and then I went to a restaurant with hubby and one of our friends because I had a SERIOUS craving for a brownie sundae. After eating it, I sat back and said "OK, we can have the baby now," (Ha, Ha, Ha). We drove our friend home in a car we borrowed from my parents, because our car had been stolen two nights earlier, and then headed home. I managed to get one hour of sleep before I began to get crampy. My labor with Marina lasted 25 hours and every contraction was intense from beginning to end. Because I'm strong willed, I went through it all unmedicated. I don't think my big brother and sister will ever forget how I screamed. They could hear me in the waiting room.
Toward the end, I was having trouble pushing, my hubby and mom were tired and my mom was getting frantic because she had relatively fast labors (my sister was almost born on a highway.) That was when my father swept in and I could hear his sunny voice say, "You're doing it wrong! You have to push like you're on the toilet!" I credit him with focusing me. Shortly after, Marina popped out, wriggling around like a fish. She was born with muscles, my little one, my sweet firstborn child!
Marina was my hospital birth. The last things I did before I started labor was juggle at the Carmine St. gym (some of my best juggling, I might add. I could still do under the leg tricks, even that late in the pregnancy) and then I went to a restaurant with hubby and one of our friends because I had a SERIOUS craving for a brownie sundae. After eating it, I sat back and said "OK, we can have the baby now," (Ha, Ha, Ha). We drove our friend home in a car we borrowed from my parents, because our car had been stolen two nights earlier, and then headed home. I managed to get one hour of sleep before I began to get crampy. My labor with Marina lasted 25 hours and every contraction was intense from beginning to end. Because I'm strong willed, I went through it all unmedicated. I don't think my big brother and sister will ever forget how I screamed. They could hear me in the waiting room.
Toward the end, I was having trouble pushing, my hubby and mom were tired and my mom was getting frantic because she had relatively fast labors (my sister was almost born on a highway.) That was when my father swept in and I could hear his sunny voice say, "You're doing it wrong! You have to push like you're on the toilet!" I credit him with focusing me. Shortly after, Marina popped out, wriggling around like a fish. She was born with muscles, my little one, my sweet firstborn child!
1 comment:
Happy Birthday, Marina!! Have a great day. I Love the pics your mom put up.
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