Here's the story of what happened on our Valentine's Day....
I woke up around 8:30 am to contractions every 2 minutes. I am not sure exactly when they started, but since I was asleep we will start here. Ryan had left to go play church ball and wasn't going to be home for a while. I ignored them for a while because having contractions that regular was something that I did every day. After a few hours of this and recognizing that even when I changed positions or activities they weren't going away we began to talk about heading up to the hospital. Of course if you live by us you will remember that it was a crazy blizzard on this day and Ryan had to snow shovel about 6 inches off our driveway before we could go anywhere, and then of course shower. I was getting kind of impatient but he didn't seem to notice, I think that he thought that this was just another day of contractions and nothing to worry about.
We called Doug and Sheryl to see if they would watch our kids while we went to the hospital to be checked out, and they graciously accepted. (They rock by the way!) And then we were off around 3 pm.
When we got to the hospital I was at a 4 and contractions were still every 2 1/2-3 minutes apart. They called my doctor and admitted me. I told them to have her come in and break my water so that something would happen, or I could have been there all day and night.
Machel got there and around 5:15 pm broke my water, this immediately put me to a 6 cm, and I knew that I would be having a Valentine's baby for sure. Because Tessa was posterior, it took a few hours for her to be born. Thank goodness for the miracle of hypnobirthing because it was a comfortable 3 hours and not one that sent me screaming like those that you see in movies.
Tessa was born at 8:38 pm without any medical intervention besides my midwife breaking my water. No drugs were used and mom and baby were calm and relaxed throughout the whole process. I am so grateful that I found the hypnobirthing class because it has allowed the miracle of my children entering the world to be peaceful and amazing.
I am proud that I can say that I have done this four times, each one being a bit different, but none the less amazing in their own ways.
Tessa is a very calm and quiet baby, and I can tell when I look in her eyes, that heaven is behind them. We love having her in our family and feel blessed that Heavenly Father had his own plan in this one.
9 comments:
Yay for hypnobirthing! I will be forever grateful to you for telling me about it! You're amazing!
I love that picture! The kids seem to be in heaven with this new little sister. Way to go with your labor! I never did the hypnobirthing but did have all of my natural- only way to do it! This last one was so fast that there was no time to even consider giving me anything! 45 minutes total time with Mayci! You're a great mom!
CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for you! She is beautiful!
You and your sisters have made me want to try hybnobirthing. SO any advice you can give I would love it. I am glad to hear that things went smoothe and that she is a healthy baby. I can't wait to meet her.
Yay! She is beautiful! I love all the dark hair!! And I would love it if you could tell me more about hypnobirthing...I'm not prego, but just for the future!!
I'm glad to hear how well her birth went :) Tell me more about hypnobirthing too, because I always wanted to take the classes but didn't need to. I always suggest it to others though.
Talya, congratulations! I am so slow I didn't even know you were pregnant! I am so glad to hear I am not the only one that does natural births! They are amazing!!! Your family is absolutely beautiful!!!!
(singing) "one of these is not like the others...." I guess every family needs a blondie! Yay, Rylee for being the Matheson Carly!
I didn't know you did Hypnobirthing. So did I! I love it. I've realized, though, that it's not so different than techniques and classes we did in dance at WSU, or yoga. Very similar with the relaxation, use of breath, and all that. It just made sense for me. I'm glad you found it helpful for you, as well! Who was your teacher?
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