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Micah's Birth Story
Home/Water Birth

What an amazing experience!!! I woke up at 1:15 with my water broken. I wasn't having contractions yet though but decided to call the midwives to give them the "heads up". About 2:30 I guess, we decided to start filling the tub and called the miwives back. They started getting here about 3:30 (there were 3 here with us). We sat in the livingroom and watched the olympics and talked until about 4:45 when I decided it was time to get in the tub. The contrax were about 3 minutse apart at this point but getting intense. At 5:15ish I told them the contrax were right on top of each other and I was getting really uncomfortable and was constantly switching positions. At 5:28 I told them it was burning and baby was coming. There was a sheer moment of panic and they told my where to push "down there" to help avoid the burning. I did it ALL myself. The head started to crown and with 2 pushes it was out. When the shoulders presented, I pulled baby out of the water! The kids were all there with us and Tim pretty much stood back and watched. The midwives mostly sat on the bed and coached me. I did it all alone and it was amazing. We sat in the tub for a few minutes and waited for the placenta to deliver. It had already quit pulsing so Tim cut the cord. I then sat in bed with Micah for probably 20 minutes, nursed him right away and then handed him off when I was ready. He has an amazing suck already and is absolutely perfect!!!!

The head is crowning out.

First moments after birth.

Micah Timothy Perry M. stats:
7lb 12oz and 22" long
Time of birth was 5:31am on the 21st.

KellyM is an admin at Friends and Families. This was her 4th baby and her first homebirth. Feel free to contact her for questions or info on midwives, homebirth or waterbirths. EMAIL