My son, Natas Elysium, was born March 30th, 2004 @ 11:31pm. His birth is one of my proudest memories.:)
We had him by waterbirth (hottub birth) and had a midwife deliver him, her name is Jean, She has since moved and relocated her midwifery. Kim is the other midwife, a very wonderful midwife... I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with Natas, I was about 9 weeks about a week after the Type O Negative concert that we went to With my husbands cousin and his (then) girlfriend... I went through alot with this pregnancy (my very first and hopefully not my last)... I spent alot of my pregnant time at the music store, doing factory work, and listening to LOTS of music!:P I also spent much of that time babysitting and for a while taking bellydance classes... I remember going through so much with this first pregnancy, Massive weight gain (about 63 lbs.), swollen feet, gestational diabetes, and many Braxton Hicks contractions and some back labor... I also had many friends and family with me:D I married my husband when I was 8 months pregnant, ready to pop at any moment!:P February 17th was the date. I spent much of my pregnant time in bathtubs and showers so it was ironic when my water broke at the hospital while I was sitting on the toilet ( not joking)... could not have been timed any better... I remember my friends were constantly around and family, I had quite a few false contractions and was in and out of the hospital several times before the final date, and then the night he was born I remember just laying around, not really being able to even move because all the pain was making me have back spasms, and friends and family were all around me saying they knew I was going into labor that night... I didn't know what to do with myself, I wasn't comfortable laying down but I couldn't really get up and move around much either... Finally I had my cousin take me out on our front porch so I could sit down and get fresh air, by that time my contractions were getting even stronger... getting to the point I couldn't handle it anymore... my cousin had me grab his hand and squeeze it for as much as I was hurting:P Bad Mistake... I almost broke his hand... then I kept not being able to breathe... finally I called the midwife and told her I was on my way to the hospital, luckily my friend drives for a medical transport place and happened to have the company van which is equipped with a wheelchair!:P He brought the van just far enough into the yard to grab the wheelchair and get me in the van right away... on the way too the hospital I swear he was hitting every bump he possibly could on purpose!:P So I get to the hospital (luckily already pre-registered)... they get me in the room, and get everything prepped, then they had me drinking a lot of water and walking up and down the hall for at least a half hour, until I couldn't stand it anymore... Then, I get back to the room, the midwife asks me if I have to go to the bathroom after checking to see how far how fast he was coming... and I felt like I had to go to the bathroom, so I went to sit on the toilet... right then and there, my water broke!... All you heard was a big splash and then a very loud OWWWWWWW!!!! (Seriously)... The midwife came in, looked at what had happened and said to me " Well that could not have been timed better:P"... She got me out of the bathroom, I leaned against the door, and the first thing I said to my husband ... "Honey, we're having a baby tonight!:D"... So a few more contractions later my friend Katie got to the hospital, she had brought her friend because she was so nervous she couldn't drive... luckily her friend does guided meditation... this helped me a lot!:D So they somehow had gotten me into the tub, at first I couldn't get comfortable, then I started feeling the head coming, found the most comfortable position was laying on my back sort of, and my mom and friend Katie were holding my hands and the nurse and the midwife were pushing my legs back for me, while my husband was rinsing my face with cool water, and my friend Katie's friend Liza was helping me with meditation, best way things could have been done!:D By the last half hour of active labor I was so happy to be having our boy it was like a big headrush!:D Then, when the head was coming out the midwife kept playing with his full head of hair!:P I was just like "stop, get him out of me"... Then at 11:31pm he came into the world!!!:D A beautiful perfect baby boy!:D It was at that point that they had put him on my chest, it had felt just like a dream... And the moment he looked at me, I was hooked on only him...:D That boy is my pride and joy... I wouldn't trade him for the world... I remember those moments of bonding, breastfeeding, cuddling and holding him, ... I couldn't wait for him to grow up, I remember his first scoot ( he never really crawled)... his first words... giving his first "Hickey" to "Aunt Katie's" arm...:P Then the day before his 1st birthday his first steps... and at that point realizing, there's no stopping him now:P...Then his second birthday started those "terrible 2's"... the only time he seemed sweet was when he was either cuddling or asleep... and now that he has hit the "Horrible 3's" I find myself saying I wish he was starting school this fall and not next fall, although knowing I will be in tears the day the teacher closes that classroom door... and I look forward to every aspect of his education and teaching him everything we know... from now til the time we are no longer on this earth together... I look forward to everything about his future... and this is the story of my sons life so far... and I look forward to our next child in the nearby future ( maybe another year or so we'll be trying again I think... we'll see what happens...)
If there are things that I have missed in this, I am very sorry... a mothers love cannot hold every thought and memory completely, but can carry it in her heart forever.:D
