It all started last Friday, 4/25 when I went outside to do some work in the garden. I saw the most amazing, beautiful dragonfly that I had ever seen on one of our rose bushes. I had been waiting ever so patiently for Ayla to come and took the dragonfly as some sort of sign... dragonflies seem to show up in my world whenever something big is about to happen and when I am thinking about my brother a lot, which I have recently, not to mention that Ayla's room has its fair share of dragonflies adorning it.
That evening Ma & Pa Gimpel and Ma & Pa Wilford came over for dinner... chinese take out. Apparently both Ross' Grandma & my Grandma both went into labor after having chinese food... it couldn't hurt, right? I had already been having sporatic contractions here & there but really nothing to speak of. I can't go any further without mentioning the fact that Mama G happened to spill an entire styrofoam container of sweet & sour sauce all over the carpet in the dining room & we spent the evening on our hands & knees scrubbing it out- we still love you Mama!! Ross finally went & rented a carpet cleaner from Home Depot at about 9 p.m. & that seemed to do the trick! This was the hilarious view of our parents supervising the cleanup...
On Saturday morning, I woke up at 5 a.m. with pretty distinct, regular contractions. All day we timed them & they became more & more regular & strong as the day progressed. I was up all night with contractions that were pretty much 5 minutes apart. At 6 a.m. Sunday morning we decided that it was time to drive to the hospital. By the time we got there I was already 4 cm dialated & 90% effaced. SHOW TIME!
I was still able to smile between contractions until they broke my water... then I went from 5 cm to 10 cm in no time at all! My plan all along had been to have a totally natural birth- absolutely no drugs unless I really just could not handle it anymore. Well, I reached that point and was demanding drugs. I have never felt anything like that in my entire life... for those of you with children there is no need to explain, for those of you without children, there is no way to explain! They were getting me all hooked up on IV fluids & were going to give me IV meds when all of a sudden I NEEDED to push... they checked me & there was no time for meds- Ayla was moments away from her debut! I pushed for about 30- 40 minutes & was rewarded with the most AMAZING creature that was ever put on this earth! Ayla Sierra was here!
Amazingly, that night in our hospital room Ross looked down saw a bug crawling on his arm... after freaking out & trying to hit it away, we inspected it to see what it was... to our absolute SHOCK we saw a tiny gold colored ladybug... in a second story sterile hospital environment! How it got there, we have no idea... our journey began with a dragonfly & ended with a ladybug...
But the most awe inspiring is our own little Ayla- bug- a name we have been affectionately calling her since we found out about her...
Stay tuned to the adventure!
That evening Ma & Pa Gimpel and Ma & Pa Wilford came over for dinner... chinese take out. Apparently both Ross' Grandma & my Grandma both went into labor after having chinese food... it couldn't hurt, right? I had already been having sporatic contractions here & there but really nothing to speak of. I can't go any further without mentioning the fact that Mama G happened to spill an entire styrofoam container of sweet & sour sauce all over the carpet in the dining room & we spent the evening on our hands & knees scrubbing it out- we still love you Mama!! Ross finally went & rented a carpet cleaner from Home Depot at about 9 p.m. & that seemed to do the trick! This was the hilarious view of our parents supervising the cleanup...
On Saturday morning, I woke up at 5 a.m. with pretty distinct, regular contractions. All day we timed them & they became more & more regular & strong as the day progressed. I was up all night with contractions that were pretty much 5 minutes apart. At 6 a.m. Sunday morning we decided that it was time to drive to the hospital. By the time we got there I was already 4 cm dialated & 90% effaced. SHOW TIME!
I was still able to smile between contractions until they broke my water... then I went from 5 cm to 10 cm in no time at all! My plan all along had been to have a totally natural birth- absolutely no drugs unless I really just could not handle it anymore. Well, I reached that point and was demanding drugs. I have never felt anything like that in my entire life... for those of you with children there is no need to explain, for those of you without children, there is no way to explain! They were getting me all hooked up on IV fluids & were going to give me IV meds when all of a sudden I NEEDED to push... they checked me & there was no time for meds- Ayla was moments away from her debut! I pushed for about 30- 40 minutes & was rewarded with the most AMAZING creature that was ever put on this earth! Ayla Sierra was here!
Amazingly, that night in our hospital room Ross looked down saw a bug crawling on his arm... after freaking out & trying to hit it away, we inspected it to see what it was... to our absolute SHOCK we saw a tiny gold colored ladybug... in a second story sterile hospital environment! How it got there, we have no idea... our journey began with a dragonfly & ended with a ladybug...
But the most awe inspiring is our own little Ayla- bug- a name we have been affectionately calling her since we found out about her...
Stay tuned to the adventure!
3 comments:
What a wonderful story! And how wonderful we have a DNA connection to the amazing creature named Ayla.
Awww!
I can't claim the DNA, but I will claim the "coolest Auntie" title! (ok, ok....no need to point out the obvious "ONLY" missing from my title!!)
We can't wait to meet her!
What a great pre-labor story to pass on! Chinese food does work for the women in your family ;o)
She is absolutely, amazingly beautiful. A perfect baby girl.
Congratulations!!
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