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The baby has landed.

Our baby Blueberry was born on December 21st. I am thrilled to have a solstice baby.

Everything started at 2 am on the morning of December 20th. Skye went into labor. We mostly went about our day until roughly 6 pm, when we called the doula, Little Bitty (wannabe doula), and midwife over to the house; Skye's parents were already there. Skye continued to labor with the six of us for the next 12 hours, making for a long night for everyone. It was also amazing. I am impressed at how seven people can come together and work toward a common goal. I am proud of everyone who was there, particularly Skye, who, of course, had the most painful part of it.

Unfortunately, labor stopped progressing at around 6 am. The midwife let us know, and Skye and I decided to go to a nearby hospital to finish off the labor. The doctor at the hospital informed us that the baby would have to come out via Cesarean section. We agreed, and baby Blueberry arrived at 9:25 am.

This was not what we were expecting. We signed up with a midwife for a natural home birth. We are both at peace with the way things went, though. Everyone made the right decisions at each point of the delivery: the midwife knew when to tell us that labor was not progressing, we knew to go to the hospital, and the doctor knew that a C-section was best—possibly only—option. I am very pleased that we decided to go with the midwife, in spite of the fact that we did not get our home birth.

Transition to parenthood has been rather smooth. It was surreal to have a baby at first, but I am rapidly getting used to it. Blueberry has been fun to have around, yet has not been very fussy (yet). I am looking forward to seeing him grow up.

posted by Dirk Awesome @ 12:35 AM