The homebirth of Zoee Sarai

The following is what I remember. Quite frankly a lot of that morning was a blur after the fact!

Zoee Sarai
9.14.09 4:33 AM
7 lbs 15 oz 20" long

Sunday the 13th I spent pretty much the entire day moping around the house upset that Zoee had still not made her arrival. I had told my husband earlier in the week that if she wasnt born by Sunday night his parents had to take us to Outback for dinner (Elli was born the morning after having Outback with his parents). By late afternoon it was pretty much a sure thing that she had no intention of making her arrival, so we called them up. We had a great dinner, and then headed to a local park to walk for awhile. Contractions would come, but nothing painful, just there, which is what I had been dealing with the past couple of weeks. We got home and got the kids to bed around 10. The same contractions continued on and finally around 12 we decided to just head to bed and play it by ear. I woke around 1:30 realizing that I was now breathing through my contractions. I got out of bed and started bouncing on the exercise ball, timing and breathing, doing my best to let Andy get some sleep just in case. He ended up waking up around 2:30, and we decided to find a movie on Netflix to help pass time as we timed the contractions. Finally around 3 we decided that we should probably give the midwife a "heads up call" since contractions were between 3-4 minutes apart (apparently we didnt read very well on when to contact lol!) she decided that she would just take her time but head over now just incase. She arrived at 3:45, and shortly after the intensity of the contractions really picked up and were taking some serious concentration to make it through. Up to this point no water had broken, no bloody show, nothing to indicate that baby was coming other than contractions. Around 4:30 I took to my hands and knees on our bed to start pushing and at 4:33 AM Zoee Sarai was born. Her head and a hand (right by her face) were born in the caul! Her water then broke and the rest of her was born. Surprising I didnt tear at all. She was born a very content baby, crying only for maybe 5 minutes total the first day. Thankfully, because of her early morning arrival we didnt have to send the kids off anywhere, they both slept right through it, and woke up 4-5 hrs later with a new baby in the house.