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St. Patty’s day birthday

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motherhubbard
, 03-17-2008 at 01:02 AM (1273 Views)
St. Patrick's Day is not the main reason we celebrate march 17th at our house. Today is Chaney's Birthday! She is nine today. I wanted to have her on the sixth of March, but My husband said for the last three months that she would come on the 17th. It was the new moon- more girls are born on the new moon than any other time of the month and more boys on the full moon- it's true with natural births anyway- you can schedule a birth for anytime. The sixth came and went and then I knew that he was right. I couldn't sleep the night before knowing that she would come the next day.

It was a hard delivery, she was born face up. Babies are normally born face down. She was bigger than average and that combined with the wrong position made for a difficult delivery. It wasn't bad, I just had to work a little harder during the pushing part. But she did experience some distress- her heart rate was dropping during contractions before the pushing started. My doctor spent the greater portion of an hour and a half with her hand up there massaging her head before she was born. I appreciated the work she did- it saved me from having a c-section. The down side was that I developed an allergy to the latex in the glove she wore. By the time Chaney was dried off my privates were swollen up the size of a basket ball. I could hardly walk because I couldn’t get my legs together. Having a baby is nothing compared to having your genitalia all swollen up and blistered. It took nearly a month for things to get back to normal.

Just after she was born my father-in-law came in the delivery room, took one look at her, and said “OH, you’re in trouble now!” I was really mad about it. Who did he think he was saying something like that about a baby that wasn’t 20 minutes old? Then after the whole swollen crotch thing I was sitting in with my feet together and my knees out in the hospital bed. Chaney was sitting in the little hole in the circle of my legs holding on to my thumbs and she stood up, she just stood right up. She wasn’t two hours old yet. I got a little scared then because I knew he was right. I should say that I know a lot of people think about little babies and imagine those tiny things that can’t hold their heads and they just lay there but that’s not the kind I have. Chaney rolled over less than two weeks later and she walked at six months. Even now she is really strong.
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  1. ampoule's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard
    I wanted to have her on the sixth of March, but My husband said of the last three months that she would come on the 17th. It was the new moon- more girls are born on the new moon than any other time of the month and more boys on the full moon- it's true with natural births anyway- you can schedule a birth for anytime. The sixth came and went and then I knew that he was right. I couldn't sleep the night before knowing that she would come the next day.
    I'm a little confused by your statement above. My sons were all born naturally but they came when THEY were ready. I've heard of scheduling C-sections. I've just never heard that before.

    Anyway, Happy Birthday to your Chaney.

    And then, concerning your allergy to latex. Just yesterday someone was telling me about a woman with a latex allergy who was in a car accident who breathed in the floating latex particles from the air bag and became brain damaged. Perhaps it is one of those urban legends.
  2. PrinceMyshkin's Avatar
    Just after she was born my father-in-law came in the delivery room, took one look at her, and said "OH, you're in trouble now!"
    Whatever did he mean by that? I mean, what was he basing that on?

    Love the details about Chaney's premature activities!
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    Eek. I've never heard a woman describe the aftermath of her privates after a birth. I guess it's good to know what I'm missing. Happy birthday to Chaney. She sounds like a wonderful girl.
  4. motherhubbard's Avatar
    Amp, what I mean is that I just wanted her to come on that day. It was my husband's good grandmother's birthday- grandma Chaney. She was due on the fourth and I just thought for sure she would come on the sixth. Bailey was born on my maternal grandmother's birthday. It was natural and you can't just will yourself into labor
  5. motherhubbard's Avatar
    Prince, Chaney used to spell her name E. O. Trouble. She's one of those children who causes us to grow as parents. Not an easy child. She is what we call high needs.
  6. motherhubbard's Avatar
    thanks virgil
  7. Granny5's Avatar

    It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! Chaney is the greatest kid. She's smart and sweet and needy...she is more like her aunt than her mother, even in looks. But she is a great kid. She seemed to have had a wonderful birthday and it's not over yet. See you guys tonight.
  8. kiz_paws's Avatar
    Well it was truly sad how you had to find out the allergy to latex -- omg, poor you! Sorry that I missed this entry. I hope that Chaney had a wonderful birthday, but I know in my heart that she did because she has the best mom in the whole world! Cheers, Kizzo