Michael's Arrival
The dreaded phone call..........
It's 2:00 am in the morning and the phone rings.......It's Arayna........She is so excited, her water has broken and her contractions are now three minutes apart! We being the chosen photographers must leave for the hospital ASAP! What you don't know is that this is Arayna's second child and the hospital is in Redlands over an hours drive away! Because of construction the only road open is to go down the back way on highway 38 which is very deserted. Jim being the fireman forever throws me a small pack of dental floss. What's that for I ask thinking he wants to clean his teeth on the way down. It's to tie the cord if we have to deliver the baby! Quickly we grap a trash bag and begin......... Clean soft towel for the baby, dental floss for the cord, scissors to cut the cord, Bulb syring for suctioning during delivery, trash bag for the placenta and did I mention towels for the mess.........and because it's only about 34 degrees out blankets for the car and did I mention towels for the mess.... you would understand if you have seen a baby born! We head out down the hill carefully watching for any point in which our friends might have pulled over to deliver if they don't make it. They were about 15 minutes ahead of us.
Fortunately the trip down the hill was uneventful except for 2 coyotes and a bobcat. We arrived in time for the delivery and welcomed brand new little Michael into the world.
I am probably the luckiest person in the world to see four perfect little babies born in the last three years! It is so beautiful that it brings tears to my eyes each time. What an amazing thing to experience...................
It's 2:00 am in the morning and the phone rings.......It's Arayna........She is so excited, her water has broken and her contractions are now three minutes apart! We being the chosen photographers must leave for the hospital ASAP! What you don't know is that this is Arayna's second child and the hospital is in Redlands over an hours drive away! Because of construction the only road open is to go down the back way on highway 38 which is very deserted. Jim being the fireman forever throws me a small pack of dental floss. What's that for I ask thinking he wants to clean his teeth on the way down. It's to tie the cord if we have to deliver the baby! Quickly we grap a trash bag and begin......... Clean soft towel for the baby, dental floss for the cord, scissors to cut the cord, Bulb syring for suctioning during delivery, trash bag for the placenta and did I mention towels for the mess.........and because it's only about 34 degrees out blankets for the car and did I mention towels for the mess.... you would understand if you have seen a baby born! We head out down the hill carefully watching for any point in which our friends might have pulled over to deliver if they don't make it. They were about 15 minutes ahead of us.
Fortunately the trip down the hill was uneventful except for 2 coyotes and a bobcat. We arrived in time for the delivery and welcomed brand new little Michael into the world.
I am probably the luckiest person in the world to see four perfect little babies born in the last three years! It is so beautiful that it brings tears to my eyes each time. What an amazing thing to experience...................
posted by Hart's Haven at 1:22 PM
3 Comments:
How cool is that. He is adorable! Tell them congrats from me!
Wow! Tell them congratulations from Dave and I as well. Remind me next time I have a child to ask you guys to drive us (or at least hang around a lot)...it sounds like you were VERY prepared with your emergency kit! Dave would love that. :)
Wow, congrats to them. And I love your story about the dental floss. Very funny, you never know when you might need to get something out of your teeth.
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