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Nicolas'
Adventure
Thank you for your prayers and thoughts concerning my pregnancy. As
some of you might already know, delivering Nicolas was quite an unusual experience, enjoy
the story...
I woke up at 8:30 on the 10th of November feeling a subtle stomach ache. I
was prepared to spend another heavy day, being ineffective and
unproductive. The last few days have been extremely tiring, not able to
do anything constructive. Anyhow, as usual, I had my breakfast, sent
David off to school around 9am. Although I didn't feel well, I was
convinced that this was not labour. The contractions were too mild, and
they didn't have the regularity of contracting every 10 or 5 minutes,
although I was suspicious of the fact that I had an unusual "stomach
ache". 10 minutes after my breakfast and having sent David off, I
started bleeding. I immediately called David back home on his
portable. Then the water broke. I needed desperately to get ready to
go to the hospital, but my body would not obey. It was quite painful
bending down to pull the bottom drawers... Eric, my brother-in-law, who
was with me to help out in the house for a couple of days, was trying to
help, but eventually I had to send him out of the room to get changed.
The nature of the pain I was feeling at this point convinced me that the
whole contraction since early morning was "the start of labour", and
that I should have run to the hospital immediatlely. I missed the
sign! No sooner as I panicked, alone in my bedroom, between a chest and
an undone bed, that Nicolas decided to move down, and he was born! all
by himself. I had a baby in my hand, still entangled with the unbilical
cord and everything. Nicolas was crying as soon as he landed on my hand.
This was 9:30. I called Eric in the room, who, with a blank mind,
unentangled the cord. As Nicolas was born, my pain went away, and I was
able to catch myself up, told Eric where to call. Poor Eric, who had
completely lost his mind, was barely understanding the instructions
given by the hospital. David showed up within 10 minutes, called the
caretaker of our residence, who took care of the ambulance business. A
crew of emergency consisting of about 10 men, rushed into the
apartment. They were very efficient, generous, and took very good care
of the baby and me, and even had the humour to throw in a couple of
jokes. Within 15minutes, we were ready to be carried to the hospital.
This was the first time I was ever carried in an ambulance. What an
experience! After the arrival, everything was in order. Baby Nicolas
was healthy, just needed to raise his body temperature a bit, but
besides that, things were in order. I , who had not even a scratch from
delivery, recovered very quickly; by the next day, I was walking
normally. 3 nights at the hospital, and we were out.
Now Theo is delighted to have a new live toy, a little brother. He
calls him "bay-bi", pats him on the head, tells him "Shhhh..." when he
cries, shares his toys... Theo has become a very loving big brother,
which warms my heart. They both sleep well in the afternoon, and Theo
has quickly learnt to ignore the cries during the night, and does not
allow his sleep to be bothered.
We had the our first snowfall yesterday! Theo went out to the garden to
feel the snowflakes.
We thank you for your prayers again, and most definitely, God has
blessed us, saving us from all possible dangers.
God bless you!
Asako
