Karma's forever birthday gift to me.
As karma would have it by the time my 23 I was expecting my 2nd child, I was married by then and baby bird was 4 so I was all prepared for another baby, right?
Well as karma would have it my body refused to go into to labor on its own so on my 23rd birthday I found my self in the hospital having my labor induced I looked at the Dr. and announced that this baby would be born before the day was over. The Dr. chuckled and say " I doubt that this baby will arrive that quickly. Maybe by tomorrow you will have your bundle of joy."
My labor was intense, hubby who had never experienced the joy of birth this being his very first child did not really know what to do with himself other then pace and grin from time to time , and tell me you can do this we will have our baby soon. Baby bird told us that she wanted a brother and a sister just would not do.
As the day went on my labor became intense and painful I was only allowed a Demoral pump for pain but every time I went to push the button the nurse would yell at me " You can't push that button when you are having a contraction." With the contractions coming one after the other on top of each other what was I supposed to do. So I did what most women do screamed , and screamed and in the back for my mind I thought "Who is that woman screaming and why won't someone shut her up. " Um... Angela" My hubby said the nurse's are saying if you will close your mouth and stop screaming and push." "OHHHHHHH KAAAYYYY. I say. I grunt and push, grunt and push some more until I hear a cry, a baby's cry. "Let me see the baby." I say Dr. says " I can't I only have the head delivered. " Dr. and nurses mutter to them selves never seen a baby cry before it was all the way delivered."
"There she is." Hubby says tears streaming down his face " She is beautiful." They place her on my stomach I smile and touch her looking into her violet colored eyes." Her cries echoed down the hall baby bird heard her and jumped for joy. Hubs took off down the hall to let baby bird know that she has a sister. Half way down the hall hubs lost his courage wait he thought baby bird said she wanted a brother. Thinking fast hubs walked up to my one of my sister and whispered in her ear "It's a girl." " Please tell baby bird I am she will be mad at me because we did not give her a brother." As -K- broke the news to baby bird she frowned and stated "But I told you I wanted a brother." " Can't we send this girl one back for a boy one."
Later that night as hubby and I were basking in that new parent glow he looked at me and said "Happy Birthday I guess this means I gave you the best birthday present ever."
Fast forward to 3 months later when the new parent glow is gone and left in its wake are 2 blurry eyed parents and a baby who won't sleep. " What is wrong with her? " Hubby asked " Is it broken why does it keep crying. "Colic." I answer. " We tried everything. Many nights we loaded her up and off we would go for a ride around the block." Hubby finally figured out something that worked he would rock his whole body back and forth with her. It worked like a charm.
Fast forward 6 months . At 91/2 months of age she could escape out of her crib by pulling herself up and swinging one foot over the crib and sliding down the crib rails where she would crawl across the floor and pull herself up into our bed.
She took her first steps at one week after her first birthday. After that she RAN everywhere she was always in motion. She even broke her nose in 1st grade because she could not be still in her desk. In a typical day for her and I she would........
Wake up at around 7 am want breakfast , watch a little t.v. then off like a shot to pull books off of shelves , take all the toys out of the toy box, unroll a whole roll of paper towels, stop to sit under the cabinet for a snack of cereal I kept under there. Then off again. Me I chased and ran after her all day long until it was time for me to go to work . Hubs would come home from work and I would say " Tag your it." and off he would go to chase our Wyld Child around. Hubs even stated at one time that he did not want anymore children because "What if the next one is like this all full of energy and such.
Later she was diagnosed with AD/HD
I won't sugar coat it and say that it was easy. Wyld Child and I learned together things that worked best for her. Some days I wanted to give up, just let her be Wyld not help her learn. But then I would look into those violet eyes and at that freckled nose and that wild curly hair and think she is worth all this stress and fuss.
People always come up to me and say " She looks just like you." "No, I say she is more beautiful then I ever could be. "
Thank you Karma , for my forever birthday gift it was the best one I ever got.
Well as karma would have it my body refused to go into to labor on its own so on my 23rd birthday I found my self in the hospital having my labor induced I looked at the Dr. and announced that this baby would be born before the day was over. The Dr. chuckled and say " I doubt that this baby will arrive that quickly. Maybe by tomorrow you will have your bundle of joy."
My labor was intense, hubby who had never experienced the joy of birth this being his very first child did not really know what to do with himself other then pace and grin from time to time , and tell me you can do this we will have our baby soon. Baby bird told us that she wanted a brother and a sister just would not do.
As the day went on my labor became intense and painful I was only allowed a Demoral pump for pain but every time I went to push the button the nurse would yell at me " You can't push that button when you are having a contraction." With the contractions coming one after the other on top of each other what was I supposed to do. So I did what most women do screamed , and screamed and in the back for my mind I thought "Who is that woman screaming and why won't someone shut her up. " Um... Angela" My hubby said the nurse's are saying if you will close your mouth and stop screaming and push." "OHHHHHHH KAAAYYYY. I say. I grunt and push, grunt and push some more until I hear a cry, a baby's cry. "Let me see the baby." I say Dr. says " I can't I only have the head delivered. " Dr. and nurses mutter to them selves never seen a baby cry before it was all the way delivered."
"There she is." Hubby says tears streaming down his face " She is beautiful." They place her on my stomach I smile and touch her looking into her violet colored eyes." Her cries echoed down the hall baby bird heard her and jumped for joy. Hubs took off down the hall to let baby bird know that she has a sister. Half way down the hall hubs lost his courage wait he thought baby bird said she wanted a brother. Thinking fast hubs walked up to my one of my sister and whispered in her ear "It's a girl." " Please tell baby bird I am she will be mad at me because we did not give her a brother." As -K- broke the news to baby bird she frowned and stated "But I told you I wanted a brother." " Can't we send this girl one back for a boy one."
Later that night as hubby and I were basking in that new parent glow he looked at me and said "Happy Birthday I guess this means I gave you the best birthday present ever."
Fast forward to 3 months later when the new parent glow is gone and left in its wake are 2 blurry eyed parents and a baby who won't sleep. " What is wrong with her? " Hubby asked " Is it broken why does it keep crying. "Colic." I answer. " We tried everything. Many nights we loaded her up and off we would go for a ride around the block." Hubby finally figured out something that worked he would rock his whole body back and forth with her. It worked like a charm.
Fast forward 6 months . At 91/2 months of age she could escape out of her crib by pulling herself up and swinging one foot over the crib and sliding down the crib rails where she would crawl across the floor and pull herself up into our bed.
She took her first steps at one week after her first birthday. After that she RAN everywhere she was always in motion. She even broke her nose in 1st grade because she could not be still in her desk. In a typical day for her and I she would........
Wake up at around 7 am want breakfast , watch a little t.v. then off like a shot to pull books off of shelves , take all the toys out of the toy box, unroll a whole roll of paper towels, stop to sit under the cabinet for a snack of cereal I kept under there. Then off again. Me I chased and ran after her all day long until it was time for me to go to work . Hubs would come home from work and I would say " Tag your it." and off he would go to chase our Wyld Child around. Hubs even stated at one time that he did not want anymore children because "What if the next one is like this all full of energy and such.
Later she was diagnosed with AD/HD
I won't sugar coat it and say that it was easy. Wyld Child and I learned together things that worked best for her. Some days I wanted to give up, just let her be Wyld not help her learn. But then I would look into those violet eyes and at that freckled nose and that wild curly hair and think she is worth all this stress and fuss.
People always come up to me and say " She looks just like you." "No, I say she is more beautiful then I ever could be. "
Thank you Karma , for my forever birthday gift it was the best one I ever got.
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