tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post5375755174839882970..comments2023-10-20T01:58:56.841-07:00Comments on Living notes from NYC: What Yeva taught me...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02552248434911566220noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post-61717021200803914662008-12-22T14:13:00.000-08:002008-12-22T14:13:00.000-08:00Ah Olya, I loved reading about this. I am so happ...Ah Olya, I loved reading about this. I am so happy for how happy you are right now. I can see how in love you are with your baby by your words you write. <br><br>All the things you expressed for your newborn is how I have felt for Preston. Even though I did have a hospital birth (a Csection even), I have had the most wonderful experience being his mother so far. I don't think you need to have an all-natural birth to feel the feelings you describe, but I do understand how medical intervention prevents so many women from the opportunity to feel this way. <br><br>I suppose I am lucky. Well, not really lucky, but it is just that my pregnancy was very very hard for me. So even though the birth was still not easy, everything AFTER was just heaven for me. Just like you, I still to this day wake up before Preston wakes up to feed. There has only been one time when I slept through him crying during the night and it was because I had stayed up too late doing a project and was over-tired.<br><br>I also love everything from changing him, to holding him...all the things that people complain about I embrace and feel it an honor to do.<br><br>I think for women who had awful births, it really does effect them. But for me, it was just that I had experienced 9 months of awfulness....so the Csection is something I just lump together as part of the awful pregnancy. Yet at the same time, his birth was still so special to me that I don't hate the Csection. I remember laying there on the table after they pulled him out and I heard his little cry and Will looking over at him and telling methat he had a full head of red hair. I was crying and so happy and just so relieved that I had a healthy baby. The surgery didn't matter to me.<br><br>But now, as I learn more about other ways of birthing, the next time I do this I hope to do a more natural approach if my body lets me. I may have to have another Csection but I will try my best to not. But even if I end up with one, I hope it will be as positive of an experience as mine was with Preston.<br><br>For days, weeks, and even months after Preston was born I was on a high because I felt so good. I wasn't pregnant anymore. Everyday I looked forward to,and every moment with Preston was and is a joy for me. Motherhood has never been a burden for me. I really think it was God's way of blessing me after going through a hard pregnancy. (for anyone reading this and didn't know my prego story, I had 4 dislocated ribs during the pregnancy that hurt all the time, extreme exoskelotal pains in my hips and just walking was hard sometimes, excessive weightgain due to the pain in activity...and in the end I had to be induced due to a level 5 amniotic fluid level and they were concerned for the baby).<br><br>Anyway, I loved your post. I felt everything you read because I KNOW how you feel. At least the parts about how you feel about your little one (not about the birth) :)<br><br>I am on vacation right now so if you write back I probably won't write back right away....I am borrowing a computer.Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10109112855316780990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post-6811560170688785292008-12-26T12:17:00.000-08:002008-12-26T12:17:00.000-08:00Merry Christmas, Olya! Hope it was wonderful. :o)...Merry Christmas, Olya! Hope it was wonderful. :o)Annaleahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12964274663555911996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post-73756364773553237902009-01-06T07:41:00.000-08:002009-01-06T07:41:00.000-08:00Thank you for sharing this, Olya! It is a beautifu...Thank you for sharing this, Olya! It is a beautiful testimony of how births and babies should be. I have been thinking of homebirths for years and years and think our next one should be at home. (NOT making an announcent--I'm not pregnant yet:) I am just so thrilled that you have found this wonderful peace and joy in being a mother. It brought tears to my eyes. And it helps me to stand up for natural births when I know others that have too. Thank you! And for taking Yeva to bed with you--isn't it SO MUCH BETTER?!Laura Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633142416781195683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post-45253140866904166452009-01-16T09:50:00.000-08:002009-01-16T09:50:00.000-08:00Olya,Sorry I've been MIA lately. Congratulati...Olya,<br><br>Sorry I've been MIA lately. Congratulations on the (awesome) birth of Yeva! She is absolutely gorgeous...guess she gets that from her mama. ;)<br><br>I loved loved reading about your birth story. It took me back to Kara's birth and how wonderful it was...no drugs, no issues. After reading your birth story, I think I might have to look into home births more...just in case we decide to have one more. It's something that is still up in the air...<br><br>Thank you for sharing this joyful time your life. Your family is beautiful and you always bring such inspiration to me. <br><br>Hope you post more pics of the kiddies soon...I'd love to see all three again. :)<br><br>Take care and I hope to chat soon!<br><br>Bobbi :)The High Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800779339981510938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817618883236985895.post-91141658641892989412009-02-02T09:20:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:20:00.000-08:00Congratulations! Your new daughter is beautiful. T...Congratulations! Your new daughter is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope mine, when the time comes in a few months, is as special.HiHoRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607623248887570230noreply@blogger.com