Which means it’s the 5th anniversary of her birth, which got me thinking…
The birth story of Gwyneth Kai
The night before my kids birthday, I have a tradition of laying in bed with them and re-telling the story of their birth (a version for kids, without all the gory details ;o) Over the years the stories have become sort of mystical, my eldest daughter’s birth includes the ‘hottest day ever!’, the tornado 3 days later, and that she was bald and pink. My next daughter’s birth includes the 5 attendants (not including me and my family) the night blooming flower and its lavish scent, and the toes that seemed to curl in inappropriate ways. So, on Sunday night I was telling G her birthstory and I told it like this…Once upon a time there was a beautiful woman named Heather, she was married to a wonderful man named…
G was amazed, eyes wide, she couldn’t for the life of her get over the fact that the people in the story had the same names as her parents and her sister, and the day of the baby’s birth was on her birthday! Wow! There were moments in the telling that I stumbled and said “I” but I would correct myself and carry on, it never ruined it for her, she was entranced. She knew it was her story, but the wording changed it just enough to make it magical. It was a nice gift for her to give me ;o)
Her story by the way includes being born into a pool of water covered in fishies, sisters who slept through the whole birth even though they were only a room away, and a scrunched up forehead that made her look like an elderly, angry, asian man.
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xox,
Heather
pool full of fish, lol! I’ll think of more to say when the laughing stops, seriously she is amazing!
I was a June 29th baby also, and several weeks past my mom’s due date. I don’t think it was as good a story, since I ended up being a forceps delivery, but my dad brought her the first ripe tomato from her garden the next morning.
that is so sweet. what a wonderful gift to give your children. i think i shall steal it as i have 2 birthday’s coming this month.
heather in maine
hi heather in maine – good to hear from you i’ve been wondering where you’d got to!
Thank you for sharing!
As an aside (I’m not sure where to stick this), my sister is in labor right now because even though she was dilated to 2.5, the baby was in a good station, she was effacing just fine, and she was doing great…her doctor induced her.
So he didn’t have to come in over the weekend.
I’m PISSED. She was clearly going to go into labor on her own, her body was working beautifully. Her doctor scared her into thinking the baby was too big and she was going to have complications (and he played on the fact that she’s very pregnant and uncomfortable) and she finally agreed. Too big? He’s guessing the baby is at 8 pounds. Since when is 8 pounds a gigantobaby? So right now, she’s in a lot of pain and after 6 hours of labor stuck on her back with IVs in her, she has progressed to a whole…3 centimeters.
Thank you for the work you do here, sharing that this is NOT best practices of treating women.