My older sister had her fourth baby on August 1st! And here is his birth story (from my point of view):
It started off as a normal day. She actually came up with her kids to my house and we all went swimming at my pool! While we were swimming she was having contractions and when it was time to go didn't want to get out of the pool because being in the water was making the contractions easier! She had been having contractions for several days at this point so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary! They went home, I cleaned up, and when Braeden come home from work we headed down to SLC to fix one of our cars that had broken down! What was suppose to be a quick hour fix turned into a several hour fix with tons of complications which meant I was at my mom's house hanging out when she got the call from my brother-in-law Matt to come over to their house because it was time for him and Alex to head to the hospital! I figured I would just go over too and hangout until Braeden was finished! So my mom packed an over night bag and Emeri and I headed over! When we got there Alex was cleaning up because her water had broke and Matt was getting some last minute things together to put in the car! Once Alex left her bedroom and was walking to their car she had a contraction in the hall (right next to her kids bedroom) that was really strong she was breathing through it, but was also crying/yelling some but trying to be quiet not to wake up her little ones sleeping! When the contraction ended she made her way to her car, opened her door to get in, and had another contraction! This one was the one that Aden came with! She started screaming "He's coming out! His head is between my legs!" I gave Emeri to my mom so I could go help Alex get back in the house, my mom called 911, and Matt came running from their bedroom because he was changing out of his pajamas! Once that contraction ended we were able to move Alex enough to close the car door and get her in the house right inside the garage on the kitchen floor! Once we got her laid down she pulled up her dress, we pulled off her undies, and Aden came right out, I mean right out no pushing no nothing, Matt actually had a hard time catching him he came out so quickly (I'm sure it didn't help that he was slippery!) and actually got a little bruise on his forehead from hitting the floor! Once he was here Matt got him breathing good on his own and put him on Alex's tummy for some skin to skin until the paramedics got there, we got the mess under control, and just kept mom as comfortable and distracted as possible (I played with her hair and talked to her). Once the paramedics arrived they took care of mom and baby! They couldn't believe how well they were both doing for being born at home and giving birth at home without any medical people there to help! Which was a huge sigh of relive for all of us there helping because for me personally it would have been a very stressful situation if they weren't both going great! With everything going on, mom yelling, baby being born, grandma and I running back and forth down hall to get towels, grandma screaming to guide that paramedics in, paramedics coming in and out of house, lights flashing, Alex's 3 other kidos slept through it all! : ) Pretty incredible story right?? I think so and I feel lucky that I was there to help my sister!
Aden with one of the paramedics!
Alex in the ambulance! Keep in mind she just had a baby on her kitchen floor and she is still smiling!
As the paramedics were working on Alex she turns to me and says before we go to the hospital Emeri and Aden need a picture together! Here it is:
If you would like to read my sisters version of the story and see some super cute pictures go here to her blog!
No comments:
Post a Comment