What Have I Done to Deserve This?
March 12th, 2009
I never know how much detail people want about things like birth stories and transitioning to motherhood and all that crap. On the one hand, I loved reading others, because I think this is one area where there is not enough information from real people, no matter HOW many people tell their stories, at least to those who are thinking about making the leap themselves. On the other, my God, really? Does anyone care about tearing in the hoo-ha other than the person who is torn? Really?
I’m forging ahead anyway, because I don’t want to forget and because again, dude, I was a sponge for this sort of stuff before I experienced it myself.
And first of all, let me say that everything so far has been way more pleasant — nay, MUCH MORE FUN — than I ever imagined, but again, let me remind you that I was expecting BAMBOO SHOOTS in my fingernails and misery the likes of which I’d never seen. But, just as many of you warned, I could not have anticipated how happy I would be to see and spend time with my daughter outside of the confines of my body. So yes, it’s hard. Yes, it has moments of flat-out ohmygodwhatthehell, but for me, it’s been a thousand times better than I expected. I can’t believe how happy I am, and I am honestly flabbergasted by how much I love her.
I am amazed and astounded and more than a little humbled at how beautiful she is, how lucky I am and … well. No one could have prepared me for any of THAT, I tell you. And I don’t know what I ever did to deserve it, but I am beyond grateful. And also a newfound sap. How lovely for everyone.
Onward! To birth! Though I had no real birth plan to speak of, there WERE four things that I was hoping to skip heading into this whole thing, and one of them surprised even me:
1) Pitocin. I’d heard horror stories of the miserable labors it wrought, not to mention higher incidence of C-sections (see: fear of strapped-down Jesus arms), and I was, apparently, secretly hoping that I would go into labor on my own so I could see if I could hack it.
2) Epidural. I know! Shocker for me, too! But remember, my birth instructor scared me, and I still harbored terror of the death/paralysis portion, thanks to hippie birthy lady and her fearmongering. So really, trust me, this wasn’t because I’m all NATURAL and shit, it was because I was TOO SCARED.
3) Tearing in places the sun doesn’t shine. Does ANYONE want this?
4) Um, that thing that really should be #2, if you know what I’m saying. As in the appearance of that number during, um, LABOR. And uh, whose list of “wants” does this TOP? Or even MAKE?
Let us guess what happened during labor, folks. ALL FOUR OF THESE THINGS. Sorry for the detail, but I could have used someone admitting to #4 before I’d gone in there and been so freakin’ horrified. (I even SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT DURING PUSHING, so upset was I.) So there. I’m admitting it. Now you know. It happens to real people, not just the vague, “Will I or won’t I?” statistical people designed to make you feel better. So if it happens to you, know that it happened to me and was so not a big deal. Let me repeat, it was SO NOT A BIG DEAL AT ALL.
My water broke with a pop at 6 a.m. during a dream I was having about, uh, Cheech & Chong. I don’t know why I remember this, but I was having a conversation with Cheech Marin when I woke to a weird little start somewhere in the general vicinity and when I hit the bathroom, I KNEW.
And off we went, where I was monitored and checked out and sent away … to breakfast, to see if I started labor on my own. It was quite the joy telling my parents over pancakes that no, I wasn’t in the hospital, I was at Henry’s Diner giving the hostess a heart attack when she overheard that my water broke, fearing the birth of an infant on her nice clean floors.
Needless to say, I started nothing but the mildest of contractions, and with bigtime water breakage, the risk of infection increases after six or more hours, and though I hated to do it, I reluctantly welcomed Pitocin into my life. Fuck.ing. Pit.O.Cin. Not only does it come with a mandatory IV of, you know, PITOCIN, but it also includes bags and bags of fluids to ensure that you’re peeing every ten seconds and puffed out like a balloon with Hobbit feet. Oh, and a fetal monitor, that, even though wireless and waterproof, SO does not stay on during contractions, requiring an L&D nurse TOUCHING YOU during contractions, which is basically THE LAST THING YOU WANT.
Oh yes, PLEASE. Touch me and hover in my ear while I’m enduring agony the likes of which I’ve never SEEN.
And the contractions! HA HA. That seems to imply that there was more than ONE GIANT SUICIDAL CONTRACTION, because even though they were two minutes apart, they were not dying down between, and no matter what I tried — the birthing ball, the bathtub, walking around — I was a sniveling MESS and in so much pain I thought I’d die. Oh, and while in the bathtub, I got pummeled by a rogue birthing ball that appeared out of NOWHERE, clonking me on the head mid-contraction while again, a nurse hovered over my ridiculous naked body telling me to picture my baby heading down the “tight turtleneck of my cervix” and wasn’t that a great visual to get me through it?
No. No, it wasn’t, and I told her so, after I deflected the birthing ball hurtling towards my head. That sounds like it hurts, right? THE TIGHT TURTLENECK OF THE CERVIX. WHAT A MOTIVATING VISUAL.
Anyway, after four hours, I’d had enough and sobbed my way through the epidural, grilling the pants off of the anesthesiologist over and over again saying things like, “Please don’t let me die or be paralyzed. No, really, I WANT TO WALK.” To his credit, he indulged me every time, explaining that no no, I would survive, really, don’t worry. And he was right, because I actually felt my legs and could walk through the whole rest of labor if I wanted to. Which again, is a fact I did not know was feasible. Birth: a learning experience!
Clearly, it made a bit of a difference:
It also sped things up incredibly, and within the hour of having the epidural, I went from five to nine centimeters and HOLLA! There was pushing, and let me just say that the epidural spared me ZERO of the ah, BEAUTY that is childbirth and ramming a kid out of your Special Lady Area (TM Emily) and an hour after that? Well. As much as I hate to be a walking cliche, let me just say that it was the single greatest moment of my life, bar none.
I think I said, “It’s you! It’s you! It’s YOU!” over and over again, because she was, of course, weirdly familiar, with a hearty cry and freakishly large feet. And even while they, ahem, stitched me up — talking through the finer points as they TAUGHT A RESIDENT how to stitch a vagina (“Heather, see how this tear is angled like this? Let me show you how to stitch that …” SERIOUSLY.), I didn’t care or even notice, because she was here, she was healthy and oh, my fracking God, I’d do it all over again, a thousand times, I swear I would.
(TOTAL SAP. TOLD YOU.)
Today? I want twelve babies. Octomom better move her ass over, is what I’m saying.
Then again, I’m pretty sure I’ll change my mind about this. But if they’re all like her? HELL YES SIGN ME UP.
(I don’t think I really mean that. Right?)
(I will post more pictures of her, but Adam keeps hogging the camera and downloading them before I can see them.)
Happy whatever day today is! I have NO IDEA!
*Pet Shop Boys
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100 Comments Add your own
1. missbanshee | March 12th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Oh my god, those are the two most perfect pictures EVAR, you sweet sweet momma you! I’m so HAPPY for you and your girl!!! Dude! I’M tearing up!
2. Korinna | March 12th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Lovely!
Oh, and poo on the table happens to the best of us.
3. -R- | March 12th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I love that last picture of you and the baby.
I am glad that the transition to motherhood has been so wonderful for you! Congratulations!
4. ZestyJenny | March 12th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Oh Jonna! I burst into tears at the sight of that picture.
So beautiful.
Thank you for telling your story. I never posted mine. Mostly because once I wrote it out it was 6 pages long and there’s no way anyone would be interested in that.
5. Carol | March 12th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Jonna, so incredibly happy for you. You are lucky to have this response. Not everyone is as lucky (I wasn’t) but probably because I waited till I was 100 before birthing kids!
THe pictures are great, and no – you are not a sap – you are a very proud mother. Nothing better than that.
One more thing – EVERY year it just gets better and better. Good to know, huh?
6. Amanda | March 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
This totally made me cry! I’m so happy for you, Jonna. So so happy that YOU’RE so happy.
7. Carolyn | March 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I loved reading this–and the second picture made me cry! I’m so happy for you (and sending a belated congratulations).
8. Penny | March 12th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
That second picture made me cry. Congratulations! That epidural sounds very lovely.
9. Nothing But Bonfires | March 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I need more info on the #2 on the table. That is the SINGLE BIGGEST WORRY I have about motherhood. Not just HAVING A BABY, mind you, about MOTHERHOOD. Like, the whole of it. The #2 thing worries me more than the possibility of them, like, shooting heroin with biker gangs at age 15.
That said, I am happy to hear it’s not a big deal.
I am also CRYING. That second picture is the most beautiful, real, honest picture I’ve ever seen. Oh look, I’ve started crying all over AGAIN.
10. Kristin H | March 12th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Oh! That picture made me cry. So happy! So beautiful! I’m so happy for you!
After my first baby was born I walked around barely able to NOT tell every single person I saw that they MUST have a baby RIGHT NOW! It’s life changing! It’s the best thing EVER! etc and so on. I vividly remember kneeling at her crib, crying my eyes out.
PS: Poop = yes. My husband asked Dr. Z: “What’s that?” (pointing to the table) Dr. Z: Uh…that would be feces.
Awesome.
11. Hillary | March 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Oh that second picture! It’s the mother look. Someone took a picture of me at that moment, after The Boy’s arrival, and it was a face I’ve never made before or since, I swear. There really is nothing like having a child.
Enjoy!
12. MissAnna | March 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thank you for the beautiful, HONEST birth story. I am completely and totally terrified of #3. But that last picture? It’s beautiful (and made me cry!). And probably makes you forget about the lady bits.
So many congrats & glad it’s going well!
13. Carla Hinkle | March 12th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hooray! And Hooray! And Hooray! I am so happy that YOU are so happy. She is beautiful and it sounds like you are both doing great. Awesome!
14. Lindsay | March 12th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Oh man, add me to the list of people who cried at that second picture…Congratulations!!
15. Leah | March 12th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Awww! Great story, you made my day. I’m leaching off of your happieness
16. bessie.viola | March 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Oh. I held it together until I saw that picture of you… and now I am crying at my desk.
Congratulations, welcome to the mommyhood. Enjoy your beautiful, beautiful girl.
It’s everything you wanted and more than you’d hoped for, right? So happy to hear that all went well.
17. Julie | March 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Thank you. Just, thank you. It’s so nice to read a birth story that is so completely honest and touching. You’ve made the spectrum of emotion that goes on in this instance very clear. I didn’t even need the second picture to start tearing up. Every birth differs, but there’s a common thread to them all, and you brought that back for me today. I’m gonna go hug my kids now. Thanks again!
18. Mimi | March 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I’m so happy for you!
19. Assertagirl | March 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Jonna, that last photograph brought tears to my eyes, it’s so wonderful. Thanks for sharing your story, it wasn’t too much information at all. xo
20. NGS | March 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I have no children, but devour these kinds of posts like crack. Your baby is beautiful and I’m very happy for you.
But I never want to go through any of that ever. Ever. In. My. Life.
Count me among the childless forever.
21. Sarah | March 12th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I am so happy for you! What a beautiful story.
Also, isn’t it so weird, to be blubbering joyfully and clinging to your baby, your actual real life BABY after nine months of surreality, even as a multitude of random people are pulling out afterbirth and threading needles through your perineum?
22. Mandee | March 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
First of all, I’m amazed you’re keeping up the post title/song connection even with a new born!
I’m childless with no children on the horizon, but I do love a good birth story. Yours did not disappoint. So very excited for you!
23. Dana | March 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
That last photo is one of the single most beautiful photos I’ve ever seen. Literally brought me to tears in .2 seconds. These next few months you’ll be in such an exhaustive haze – but a MAGICAL haze. I wish we lived closer together because I would so totally babysit so you could grab a shower.
I am so happy for you and your beautiful new family!! Congratulations again!
24. Dana | March 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
(I also have to say I went natural with #1 because I was also scared and THE PAIN but had an epidural with #2 and OMG EPIDURALS MY BFF. I’ve had bathroom breaks that were more painful. They literally had to wake me up and roll my hog arse over and tell me to push. Shameful, ha.)
25. Mama Bub | March 12th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Pitocin IS the devil. And no one tells you about the one giant contraction thing. I kept saying “When will I get a BREAK?”
I, too, was TERRIFIED of the epidural, but ended up getting one (see above.) I said to the anesthesiologist, “I’m so sorry, but I’ll kill myself if I don’t ask this: Is it true that redheads require more anesthesia?” To his credit, he didn’t laugh (I had read it in Glamour or some other highly accredited medical journal.) He did say that redheads have a higher incidence of bleeding due to epidurals, surgery, etc. so I guess the questions wasn’t so off base.
And, once again, Swistle is right. I can’t read/hear someone else’s birth story without chiming in with my own experience.
The photo of your with your daughter is priceless. It says so much.
26. Kristen | March 12th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Great story, beautifully told. I gotta say #4 (#2) is a huge worry. Why? Why do I worry about something I CANNOT CONTROL. Glad to hear it wasn’t a huge deal. Congratulations again on the beautiful baby!
27. Rebecca (Bearca) | March 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Yay!! So exciting to hear the details and see the pics. Congrats on the safe arrival of your LOVELY LOVELY baby girl. Baby girls are so wonderful. (So are baby boys, and all, but !!!!!)
28. AndreAnna | March 12th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
My favorite words out of the doctor’s mouth while sewing up a sideways tear that cut a small vein and was spurting his chest with blood: “Oh shit, Oh shit. That’s a squirter.”
Awe. Some.
Love the pictures. Love the story. Love how happy you are.
And yeah, Everyone poops. Either they know they did, or their spouses/doctors/nurses lied to them.
May you look back at this post in three months when you’re wandering naked in traffic from sleeplessness and remember why you did it and how breath-takingly worth it all of it is.
29. TB | March 12th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
And that probably won’t be the last time you talk about poop here.
So glad for you and your delirious first week with the bambina. It’s like living in another world that first week. If they could bottle that feeling the world would be a better place.
30. She Likes Purple | March 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Man, I need to finish my birth story! But, oddly, ours are very similar. Right down to me begging Dr. Needleman (our anesthesiologist) not to paralyze me. “I’M NO GOOD TO MY SON PARALYZED.” He … wasn’t as humoring, but he didn’t paralyze me, so I totally forgive him.
Jonna, SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL. Damn, I can’t wait to read through motherhood through your eyes. Your perspective is fucking amazing.
31. Shutter Bitch | March 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
You made me cry, with your sap and your declarations of how mind bogglingly awesome the experience is. You make me want 12 more, and I cannot parent more than the two I have.
As for #4 (#2), I suspect but have never had confirmed that with my second child (my #2! Har!) I did the deed as well. But because I was so freaked out by the notion, I told my husband while I was hugely pregnant the second time that were I to perform such a maneuver during pushing, he was under no circumstances EVER to tell me, he was to LIE to me should I ever ask, and NOT BELIEVE ME if I swore up and down it was okay to tell me the truth. I suspect it happened because there was a moment of silence from my husband, and a nurse sort of, um… cleaned me up in that region and my epidural was not so all encompassing that it prevented me from feeling that, even though I couldn’t feel my left leg, like, AT ALL. So did I? I don’t know. Probably. Do I care if I did? Not one whit. My daughter came into the world safely and that was all I cared about when it came down to it.
Congratulations! To all of you. She is beautiful.
32. Marie Green | March 12th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Oh, wow. I am touched by your story- thanks for sharing, and for keeping it real. I’m excited to see more pictures of her sweet little self, and to see motherhood through your honest viewpoint.
MUAH!
33. Shutter Bitch | March 12th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
And AndreAnna! A SQUIRTER! I don’t know whether that’s deeply disturbing or deeply funny. Funny only because it’s SO WRONG! I hope the healing was swift and nearly unnoticeable.
34. Tessie | March 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I cannot believe you captured the Mother’s Look so perfectly in that photo. Oh oh OH. That needs to be one of those Time/Life covers. PERFECTION.
35. anne | March 12th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
For the record I can’t get enough of these stories either and even if they sound horrific, it consoles me that PEOPLE MAKE IT THROUGH. And at the end there is a gorgeous baby. Congrats again!
36. Shelly | March 12th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Awesome! Thank you for sharing. And that picture is amazing!
37. samantha jo campen | March 12th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Okay, so I was borderline teary up until I saw that picture of you looking at her crying. Now I’m a mess.
Thank you so much for sharing–you bring back a lot of memories. Before you know it, you’ll have a one-year old like me and not understand how it happened so fast.
Hugs to you all. Enjoy!!
38. Kristin | March 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
That’s a great birth story and I’m so glad that you are all happy. I am a huge sap and tell everyone how great it is to have a child all of the time, but I was not feeling it within the first few weeks of his birth, let me tell you. So I think that is a great sign for you–if you’re this happy now–I think it only gets better every day. You have a lot of joy to look forward to!
39. Raven | March 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I have never posted my birth story. I almost died…so my story is not the norm and people tend to freak out and well, that’s not really fair. My story is not really what happens to regular people
I had 3 of 4 of your things and my tear involved LAYERS of stitches. I didn’t even know they could do that. Who would know that? Other than a doctor, obviously.
40. Swistle | March 12th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Favorite birth story ever, and I totally cried looking at your face in the “It’s YOU!” photo.
41. Marieka | March 12th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Delurking to congratulate you. Such a beautiful story! Such beautiful photos!
42. Artemisia | March 12th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Holy cow, I am CRYING over here. This is just – well, wonderful and real and geez.
I love it. And I love that last picture. YOUR DAUGHTER is going to love that picture so, so, so much. It will be her favorite picture of all time. I just know it.
43. Teej | March 12th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I don’t laugh out loud that often when I’m reading a blog but the image of you getting pummeled in the head, mid-contraction, by a rogue birthing ball while someone whispers in your ear about the TIGHT TURTLENECK OF THE CERVIX was just too funny.
And then you made me cry with your last photo. I don’t do that very often when reading blog posts either.
And now I want 12 babies too.
44. Mindy | March 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Oh, Jonna, my uterus hurts looking at you. I remember how those tears felt.
Um, about #4. People warned me, along the lines of “We ALL did it, and you will too.” And I was all, “the FUCK I am,” and then I did something during labor that prevented it. YES! I prevented it!
See, when you push, there’s really only one way you’ve learned to push, am I right? Well, I read somewhere that it’s not so much the pushing that gets the baby out as it is making as little room for that baby as possible so it moves down the road. Someone (I wish I knew who so I could have them sainted) said to imagine drilling your chin straight into your navel, and this way you can crunch down and make that space as tight as possible without pushing with the other muscles.
I’m sorry it’s too late for you – all my friends were mortified but laugh about it now. But I have to laugh now when I remember the doctor holding that cloth barrier just below the entrance to my vagina, you know, just in case. : )
45. kirida | March 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Oh lawsie, I am crying now, Jonna. That last photo just did it for me and I’m so glad that I’m in an office where no one is going to see me weep over something so beautiful.
46. beyond | March 12th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
great birth story. it made me laugh and teary, all at once. “it’s you! it’s you!” that’s so beautiful.
47. Kari | March 12th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Shit (no pun intended), add me to the list of people who unexpectedly welled up at picture number 2.
What an unbelievable picture.
Congrats to your family.
48. Kari | March 12th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Also, I have seen that face/expression before. On my brother, when he ran to the waiting room to tell us all he had a son.
God, the sap. It is contagious.
49. slynnro | March 12th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Your face! In that photo! Melts even my cold black heart of stone! The BIGGEST thing I fear missing out on if we don’t have kids is that face.
50. Caley | March 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I’ve been a reader for… I don’t even know how long. Longer than my oldest child (who’s 3.5) has been alive, maybe? Or maybe that same amount? I don’t know, doesn’t matter, long time is what I’m saying. But I’ve never commented. I know! I KNOW. I’m one of Them. Til now. Because I just want to say two things: One, congratulations on your beautiful baby, she is GORGEOUS (as you well know). And two, ohmygod I totally cried when I saw that second picture. Tears. Real ones. That picture is just the most perfect picture of motherhood. So real and beautiful.
Again, congratulations.
51. aimee | March 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’ve just found you because so many people were waiting the news of this birth so I had to click over and then this is your first new post that I’ve seen but it was SO SO awesome. Congratulations!!
52. willikat | March 12th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
two things: i totally bawled at this post. (am still). and the poo–i’m telling you, it’s one of the HUGE reasons why i never want to give birth. thanks for talking about it. thankyouthankyouthankyou. i wasn’t even aware of this until about year ago. jeez. people! tell the truth!
53. La Petite Chic | March 12th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
This was one of the best birth stories I ever read because, dude, you were totally honest about the #2 bit, which is definitely a major concern for me. And oh, those photos are just so sweet! Thank you for sharing!
54. Amy K | March 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Congratulations again on your new perfect little person! She’s so beautiful. And yes – that second picture made me START BAWLING. It might have something to do with the fact that my own baby girl is three days overdue and I’m climbing the effing walls in anticipation. Maybe she’s holding out for Friday the 13th.
55. Blythe | March 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
At one point the Deutsch midwife-in-training who acted as translator during my childbirth experience leaned over and whispered into my ear, “I must tell you, do not worry because there maybe will be some poop. But it is very normal. Do not think about this.”
OH THANKS, I’ll just obsess about that for a while, I thought. Until the PItocin contractions almost killed me, which was a nice distraction.
But it was all worth, it, as you know.
Your story is wonderful, as your stories usually are.
56. Angella | March 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I, too, did a #2 with Graham. OWN IT.
Or, erm, not.
Your labor sounds almost identical to the one I had with him (All points were the same), and the end result is so, so worth it.
BEYOND HAPPY for you. That last photo conveys an emotion that every mother knows in the depths of her soul.
57. Kate @ Life As I Life It | March 12th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Oh Jonna….what a gift to you and Sam to have that picture of the moment you met face to face. Truly priceless. And yes, that’s the complete new mother face. I’ve made it a few times since, but never with such intensity, surprise and sheer JOY as when I met my children for the first time.
SO happy to hear that this new adventure is going well. I couldn’t be happier for you. And Adam’s tweet the other night? About being awake at 3am not because the baby was awake but because he was waiting for her to wake up so they could “hang out”? PRICELESS. Kiss that man every chance you get.
58. Katy | March 12th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
So I am a total lurker but I have been reading for awhile now (love your writing btw). and just wanted to say I am with you on the Pitocin being the devil! I had to be induced due to high blood pressure and that pitocin crap almost did me in. I was laughing and nodding my head right along with you at that part. Who are they kidding? THERE IS NO BREAK!!!:) Anyways, your daughter is lovely and from one new mom to another (my daughter was born 8/26/08) it is fun, exhausting and just so wonderful:)
59. Zandor | March 12th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Yay and congratulations. I really liked reading this.
60. Laura | March 12th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Oh congratulations again a million times. She is so wonderful and perfect and I am so happy for you guys.
Aren’t pitocin contractions the worst? Both mine were induced so I really don’t have anything to compare them to but they were really brutal. End result more than worth it though of course!
61. Misty | March 12th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Oh, yay. Just yay,
62. metalia | March 12th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Annnnnd…..I’m crying. Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL. So happy for you guys.
63. Jill | March 12th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Reduced me to tears. What a beautiful story and a beautiful picture!
64. Suebob | March 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
OMG you’re a mom! So weird and happy. Love the idea of freakishly large feet.
65. Anyabeth | March 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Oh gorgeous. I don’t even know you and I am so thrilled for you and Adam. And baby!
Best thing? It really does get better. I know! You can’t imagine it at all.
66. April | March 12th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I just started reading your blog last week. Your picture and story are making me blubber tears of happiness for you! So sweet. *snork*
(It’s also making my ovaries thrum, but that’s another story.)
67. leenie | March 12th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
i don’t have a baby and i don’t know you, but that last photo took my breath away and i did that silly thing where i touch my heart because !!!!! so lovely, and so so incredible. what a beautiful photo, and congratulations on the beautiful baby.
68. JRM | March 13th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I really love the “It’s You”. It’s nice to see people so happy!
Congratulations!
Ps.
This is the first post of yours I read but think I’ll stick around
69. TwoBusy | March 13th, 2009 at 5:21 am
To clarify: it’s her. AND it’s you.
And you both f$#%ing rock.
70. The New Girl | March 13th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
RADIANT.
Bring on the mama-sap! BRING IT.
71. ali | March 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
my husband told me i didn’t poo.
but now i’m going home to check and see if he lied. heh.
i love this post. and that picture. *weeps*
72. Zephra | March 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
You got to watch those doctors. They secretly like to sew your rear up a little too, just as an inside joke. No pun intended.
73. Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com | March 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I know people who had #4 happen to them. It happens.
Congratulations again and take care. You’re going to need your rest if you plan on popping out another eleven =)
74. H | March 13th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
One word for it all: Beautiful!
75. Sonja von Franck | March 13th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
So happy for you and the pictures are priceless!! I experienced 3 out of your 4 fears and think I avoided #4 thanks to a friend that’s an OBGYN. SPREAD THE WORD – have the nurses administer an enema before!! Or if you’re experienced (like she was) you can do it yourself! Congratulations!!
76. Amanda Brown | March 14th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
You are amazing, Sam is beautiful. And that picture is so amazing! Thanks for sharing such a beautiful moment with us.
77. Mauigirl | March 14th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Wonderful story of the birth – I am so happy for you both.
78. Pam | March 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Love the picture of the two of you! And love the picture of her in the big purple hat! Again, best wishes to the three of you.
79. Kim | March 15th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I only have to wait 4 more days to find out if the IUI worked, so yeah I’ve been hoping for a birth story from you for awhile now considering this is all I want to read about right now.
This was an amazing gift you shared – thank you for it.
80. Miguelina | March 16th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Your picture–OMG, it made me cry. So beautiful. And we’re epidural sisters, right down to the “speeding” effect.
81. Jen W. | March 16th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I’m so glad us non-parents have you speaking the truth!
You’re so funny and hey, the more info the better, right?
82. K McQ | March 16th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
beauty….just beauty. william is only 10 months and i think i need to get preggers again after reading this. xoxo
83. Jess | March 16th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Crying! So so happy for you! And all four happened to me too. No biggy. Except for the tearing because OMFG. Again, so so happy.
84. Kathryn | March 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
That is so awesome! No one can prepare you for the joy—there are no words to describe it. Congratulations!
85. Jen | March 16th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
OK, so I had our baby on the 10th, and I might as well just copy and paste this entry into my journal, because we seriously had almost the exact. same. experience. Pitocin, pooping, tearing and ALL. Crazy. And I am crazy in love with my little lady too. So awesome.
Wishing you guys all the best!
86. velocibadgergirl | March 16th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Congrats and hooray, and I’m so glad for a happy birth story on the internet!
Welcome, little baby!
87. Jess | March 17th, 2009 at 10:14 am
THANK YOU for sharing this so honestly. Seriously. Thank you. And that picture of you in tears over the wondrousness of your child? OMG AMAZING.
88. TwoBusy | March 17th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I forgot to ask: how were the pancakes?
89. Susan | March 17th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I am suck a lurker, but I had to comment on this. It’s such an honest depiction of birth and so beautiful and that last picture made me cry.
I’m going to hug my 4 1/2 year old now, if he’ll let me.
Congratulations!
90. Mrs Chaos | March 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I think that 2nd picture could soften the hardest of hearts. Precious.
And seriously, you’re worked so hard to get that kid into this world, it really is a wonder that poop doesn’t happen more often. I mean really.
Congratulations.
91. Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy | March 26th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
congratulations. I was so scared I’d go #2 on the birthing table, that as soon as I felt my first contractions I made myself sit on toilet and go before I would let my husband take me to the hospital.
92. Lara | April 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I LOVE that last picture!!! Sappiness is good. Hell, I almost teared up a little myself!
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