Hello, everyone. I'm hoping I can find some people I recognize and maybe meet some folks I don't now that I'm back on Priuschat.com... Bragging is generally considered a bad thing among people, and especially so among humble Prius owners and enthusiasts. But as exceptions exist to every rule, I have to open my mouth: on 22-Sep-2008, my wife and I had a baby girl. Victoria was born after seventeen hours of labor in a waterbirth tub in our home and we haven't looked back. gallery. ~ dan ~
You should be proud, Dan! But don't forget it was your wife who carried Victoria for 9 months and went through 17 hours of labour. Not like she'd let you. Welcome back!
Many congratulations and best wishes--- Children, the best product ever produced by unskilled labor in the dark.... regards Froley
Thanks all; it really was a massively humbling experience for both of us. I will say that though she went through the labor, we already knew that was coming -- it was a two person job and we were both 100% committed to it. Both of us already knew my wife's body would have to go through it, and it was tough for her but definitely not impossible. She never once even had to 'scream.' Just some grunting and growling and a little bit of moaning early on. We worked as a team; in between contractions I had a couple minutes to prepare food, massage her back, rub her, replace towels / compresses / etc (birth is messier than I thought), and work things out with the midwife. Vi was born at 8:04 PM and by 7:30 AM the next morning my wife was downstairs cooking breakfast for both of us. We both worked very hard, and it was so amazing... In such a politically correct world it REALLY highlighted the meaning underlying sexual differentiation; when we each connected with our sex roles (dad / mom) during the labor we found a way to work like one unit and so we were laughing and enjoying ourselves to the very moment the baby came out -- looking up from the water at her dad and these two unrelated ladies... ~ dan ~ The next day, Melinda said to me, "Yeah, we could do it again."
I would look back if I were you just in case there were more babies...been there done that. Congratulations!
I realize that she probably had an excess of post-birth euphoria going on, but seriously, she needs to be waited on a bit, and she needs to really take it easy... not only is giving birth a very physical experience, and certain bones/ligaments need a bit of time to recover, but when those brain chemicals drop off, if she's tired from not getting some extra rest, it could be rather overwhelming.
Yes. Convincing her to slow down was like trying to hold a conversation on your mobile phone while waiting for the world's longest elevator ride to finish. But we got it figured out hhahaha..
