http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/about/Wanting to start a family right away after marriage, we were rather surprised to be blessed so quickly! Those years are easily track-able in my mind as we got married in 2002, had our first girl 2003, our second girl 2004, and then... not much by surprise at this point, found we were expecting #3!
...Now, we are celebrating the birthday of our five year old. He has the best smile, the best twinkle in his eyes, and the most ALL boy, boy I know! I love to watch him learn and grow, and learn how to be a man of honor and respect. A man who loves God, and loves mankind as God loves them...
I remember being a little hesitant as to how Scott would take the news as we had just taken over the family business. I drove over to work, as the business wasn't open yet, to fill him in on the news. He was listening to "Wild at Heart" on tape, and when I told him he was so excited, "I had just asked the Lord if He would give me a boy!" I KNEW then that we were having a boy.
Of course my midwife tried to help me not me so convinced in the case that a girl should show up instead of a boy...but I insisted I KNEW it was a boy. There were other confirmations along the way, my feeling different, different heart rate than the girls, and then there was this unbelievable activity from this being in my belly! I have never had a baby be so active!
His due date was set for June 28, but we were kind of hoping for a June 30 to share Daddy's birthday.
As usual for me, the due date came and went. We celebrated Daddy's birthday with no sign of an arrival. I waddled down to the fireworks display on July 4, hoping nothing would happen while we were down there. And, nothing did, other than I needed to use the bathroom so bad that they let me use one at a bar without my I.D. because seriously, no one is going to say "no" when I looked like I would pop any second!
Then, on July 7, at 7:04pm, all 9 pounds of little squirming, kicking, active all boy was born in our home...literally! I love home birth! All of my children I had at home, and all ended up being water births. As he was born I laughed and cried and exclaimed "It IS a boy!" Of course the midwife wanted to check for herself before confirming it, and she was rather surprised that I was right all along! :D
Attached is the site for my midwife, one of the most experienced "lay" midwives in our area. I have enjoyed every experience I have had using her services. I encourage you to check out her website and learn a little about home birth, and about how amazing God has made our bodies! I am thankful for the medical field and all the things we have learned for when we need them, but I also believe that there are natural ways for things to happen, and these tend to be more healthy. In birth, they benefit not only us as the moms, but also our newborns!
http://www.fullcirclemidwifery.com/about/
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