tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post685237547296645044..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: A Week of Remembering: an actual birth!Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-47875933846254572442007-07-09T12:50:00.000-04:002007-07-09T12:50:00.000-04:00Awesome story - thanks so much for enlivening my l...Awesome story - thanks so much for enlivening my lunch hour! Seriously. And great pictures.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-64142699076048959652007-07-06T23:36:00.000-04:002007-07-06T23:36:00.000-04:00oh she looks like such a cutie in that photo.what ...oh she looks like such a cutie in that photo.<BR/>what a great birth story.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-70190128238391649972007-07-06T16:18:00.000-04:002007-07-06T16:18:00.000-04:00WHat a wonderful, wonderful story! Thanks for sha...WHat a wonderful, wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it.Lawyer Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819273107327846943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-54813688220111224912007-06-13T08:59:00.000-04:002007-06-13T08:59:00.000-04:00'And my heart sang with love and pain and tenderne...'And my heart sang with love and pain and tenderness' YES. <BR/><BR/>Such a lovely, vivid - vividly lovely - story.<BR/><BR/>(And the pics. Aah.)Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-85421032688739370142007-06-12T12:46:00.000-04:002007-06-12T12:46:00.000-04:00Wonderful Story! Brought back alot of memories. My...Wonderful Story! Brought back alot of memories. My labor was long, 38 hours to be exact. No meds. My husband kept telling me that I made such a nice home for our baby to live that he didn't want to leave. <BR/><BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/><BR/>But he is here now, a beautiful 10 year old boy. I look back and I know I would do it all over again.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Jillian<BR/><BR/><BR/>Come stop by my Be Inspired Alwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933452010100111070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-74576901820282043872007-06-11T15:46:00.000-04:002007-06-11T15:46:00.000-04:00I am loving this story. It's funny and not pulling...I am loving this story. It's funny and not pulling any punches and getting all misty and sappy, it's just, well, true-sounding. And really quite interesting to someone who never got past early labour, so never felt any of that fog or got lost in contractions, as they were never that bad before I was into the land of epidural and pitocin together...kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-50249927179317199792007-06-11T15:18:00.000-04:002007-06-11T15:18:00.000-04:00Great story, well described. I feel as though I wa...Great story, well described. I feel as though I was there.<BR/><BR/>One question: What the hell are Kegals?11111111https://www.blogger.com/profile/10642068570509276596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-708468931993797802007-06-11T15:13:00.000-04:002007-06-11T15:13:00.000-04:00So fabulous!I was a bad pusher too (with The Mayor...So fabulous!<BR/><BR/>I was a bad pusher too (with The Mayor), but the 2nd time around I had that pushing thing DOWN!OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-77145380747066548722007-06-11T14:40:00.000-04:002007-06-11T14:40:00.000-04:00I do love that last picture - wow! I'm sorry I mi...I do love that last picture - wow! I'm sorry I missed reading this on the actual day, but I got sick. I was anxiously anticipating the ending (or, the beginning..), and you did not disappoint.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful Birth Day story.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-22221536274728104672007-06-11T12:20:00.000-04:002007-06-11T12:20:00.000-04:00Em -- a tip of the hat to you. Because you had mo...Em -- a tip of the hat to you. Because you had more children after that. The two hours DAMN NEAR KILLED ME.<BR/><BR/>It <EM>is</EM> kind of eerie how she's smiling up at me in that last shot. I shoulda known she was not going to be a sleeper ...Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-89858853763043032822007-06-11T11:50:00.000-04:002007-06-11T11:50:00.000-04:00Happy Belated 1st Birthday Miss Baby!!!Beautiful p...Happy Belated 1st Birthday Miss Baby!!!<BR/><BR/>Beautiful post Mimi. <BR/><BR/>Happy Belated Birth Day to you as well:)Karla Zamora, Digital Analysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505957478431304863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-66677013416857984972007-06-11T11:08:00.000-04:002007-06-11T11:08:00.000-04:00Wow - what a great story! Brought back memories f...Wow - what a great story! Brought back memories for sure (I endured three hours of pushing to get my son out!)Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574688179517054558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-33704608238637923162007-06-10T20:33:00.000-04:002007-06-10T20:33:00.000-04:00Yup. That last picture takes the cake. Loved the w...Yup. That last picture takes the cake. <BR/><BR/>Loved the whole thing but the lemon gin line is gonna stick with me.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-57960661232618635562007-06-10T15:43:00.000-04:002007-06-10T15:43:00.000-04:00Best.ending.ever!You did great! Happy Birthday we...Best.ending.ever!<BR/><BR/>You did great! <BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday wee one.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-81195158381560587552007-06-09T14:52:00.000-04:002007-06-09T14:52:00.000-04:00From this:What a bitch! Is it my fault I didn't ha...From this:<BR/><BR/><I>What a bitch! Is it my fault I didn't have time for the trim? I'm not the height of pubic fashion, I know, but this is a little insulting...</I> <BR/><BR/>Which had me laughing OUT LOUD (which is rare).<BR/><BR/>To this:<BR/><BR/><I>Pynchon yelped, "It's a girl! ... it's a girl ... it's a GIRL!" and my heart sang with love and pain and tenderness for this new little girl NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-64462917932998585512007-06-09T14:22:00.000-04:002007-06-09T14:22:00.000-04:00Great, great, great story.And I agree with the oth...Great, great, great story.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with the others. That last picture where she is smiling at you (I think she is!) -- gorgeous.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-77631718826363768722007-06-09T13:58:00.000-04:002007-06-09T13:58:00.000-04:00That last picture! With her looking at you! Ah, bi...That last picture! With her looking at you! <BR/>Ah, birth. I remember HATING the doctor I had with The Boy for YEARS afterwards. HATING him. He's a nice, kind, competent man, but I HATED him. Got him again for The Baby and this time he fell on the Good side of the fence so now I LOVE him. <BR/>Happy Birthday, Miss Baby. We always tuck in our tomorrow-birthday kids in with a "Goodbye, 2 year old"Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-29800585714819714992007-06-09T12:40:00.000-04:002007-06-09T12:40:00.000-04:00that was so wonderfully vivid that i felt like i w...that was so wonderfully vivid that i felt like i went through labour all over again just reading it!<BR/><BR/>i think i liked your version better, except that the squatting was quite exhausting, even from here in my kitchen. :)<BR/><BR/>happy happy birthday, Miss Baby. you are clearly, clearly loved...and that ten hours old picture is one of the dearest things i've ever seen.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-27020261294445348592007-06-09T11:25:00.000-04:002007-06-09T11:25:00.000-04:00Happy Birthday Miss Baby! What a wonderful story a...Happy Birthday Miss Baby! What a wonderful story and it is so wonderful you have documented so well, this way the memories are safely preserved.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to find out Miss Baby's new name...will it be the very sophisticated Ms. Baby?<BR/><BR/>You are inspired me to document my birth stories too, if for nothing else so I don't forget the wonderful details.Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-60232292712486837922007-06-09T10:12:00.000-04:002007-06-09T10:12:00.000-04:00I've always thought that pushing in a squatting po...I've always thought that pushing in a squatting position sounds TOO HARD, despite what all the midwives say.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I recall that tug-of-war sensation as the O.B. was pullling Pie's shoulders through. Nothing swooshy or graceful about it.<BR/><BR/>Happy birthday, sweet girl!Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-81609342026761740312007-06-09T08:21:00.000-04:002007-06-09T08:21:00.000-04:00Oh yes, tears for sure on this one. Look at how sh...Oh yes, tears for sure on this one. Look at how she looks at you in that picture. Sure, you're black and white and fuzzy to her. But still. What a fantastic story.<BR/><BR/>IF you have another one, I'll bet you'll push about two times (at least that's how it went for me...2 hrs. first baby, 2 pushes second baby). I remember them telling me not to push yet, when they were trying to assemble the Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-341335151001197462007-06-09T07:32:00.000-04:002007-06-09T07:32:00.000-04:00Oh this was a beautiful story. Brought tears to m...Oh this was a beautiful story. Brought tears to my eyes. You did such a wonderful job! Oh, and I hear ya on the pooping thing. Isn't it weird how at the time you just don't<BR/> care!<BR/><BR/>And i was so so keyed up and emotional on my kids' first birthdays.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-11494950839506056832007-06-09T06:12:00.000-04:002007-06-09T06:12:00.000-04:00Gabriella -- nice to meet you!AD -- yes, the new n...Gabriella -- nice to meet you!<BR/><BR/>AD -- yes, the new name will be unveiled today! <BR/><BR/>Can you believe I went to bed at midnight and I'm up at 6am? I'm too excited that it's her birthday. Oh dear.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-38980284558074339972007-06-09T00:16:00.000-04:002007-06-09T00:16:00.000-04:00Good job! Well told and well played!Oooh, the crow...Good job! Well told and well played!<BR/>Oooh, the crowning. Remember it well. Though I try to forget. Even now.<BR/>So will you be revealing Mini-Mimi's new title tomorrow? She's officially out of babydom now.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07533821425490415972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-83606278312463868002007-06-08T23:42:00.000-04:002007-06-08T23:42:00.000-04:00I've been reading this story with such anticipatio...I've been reading this story with such anticipation. I loved it. And that final picture brought tears to my eyes, look how she's just staring at you, it almost looks as if she's smiling. Beautiful! Happy birthday little one.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197466577705694153noreply@blogger.com