Her pregnancy was far more simple than Samuel's, as was labor. I hardly new she was coming. It was fast. I started having contractions early Monday morning. They were not consistent or painful till much later that evening. Around 6pm my water broke. Mom and Joe convinced me to go into the hospital, even though I was very much opposed to the idea. We got there and discovered I was group B strep positive. It's a virus that many people carry in their bodies, though not harmful to me, it's very dangerous to infants. It's important to be at the hospital after your water breaks so preventative antibiotics can be administered. thank you mom and Joe for forcing me to go in. We sat in triage for an hour. Contractions started getting closer, about every four minutes apart. But I did not feel like they were strong enough to bring baby soon.
In the delivery room things progressed the same. My midwife Becky Harris did a quick ultrasound the ensure baby was head down. I had to be monitored another hour before I was allowed to get out of bed. When I finally got up to move around, things kicked into high gear. Every contraction was hard, I could feel them working. Within the hour we called in my midwife. I was 7 cm dilated. That may not seem like much, but i knew baby was coming soon. Becky started to get things ready for baby to come. About 5 contractions later I felt the urge to push. Rather than make me wait, or check me again Becky decided to let my body do what it was working toward. She told me to push. I did and Adie came right out at 11:26 pm on the bed rather than into someone's arms. Mom said Adie was just sitting up crying, looking around. She was ready, even though the rest of us weren't. (;
the next few moments were wonderful. I got to hold her, in fact I was the first one to cuddle my baby girl. The thought brings tears to my eyes. I did not miss a moment of her life, from birth till now, Ive been there. I missed out on that with Samuel. I am so grateful the hospital changed policy's and nurses in between the two births. It was like I was in a completely different facility. My midwife was wonderful. Few doctors would allow a woman to just listen to her body when in labor. Most have charts, deadlines, marks to follow. I am very blessed. We had wonderful nurses too. Each one gave us special care and attention. After Samuel was born I did not understand why many enjoyed birth, labor, delivery and postpartum were difficult for me. But now I know, and it is beautiful.
I still can't believe how easily this little girl came into the world. Not easy like a stroll in the park. but like a marathon you have trained for. This natural birth was made possible by God. Because my best training were my meditations at His feet. Daily I asked for the strength to endure
Labor and for a birth so miraculous I could not deny Gods hand in it. Adalyn was born April 15 th, exactly one year after we lost our 2 nd child, and after a quick labor. I cannot, nor do i have any desire to deny the hands that brought such prosperity. To God be the Glory!
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