I would like to introduce Hope Coulter and her husband Tate, their daughter Ava and their new little guy Ransom. He isn't so new anymore, I believe he is turning 1 year this month. Hope is a homebirth midwife...all of her babies born at home!
Here is another CO family birth story from mama Amy. I had the honor of having Amy and Bruce in my childbirth ed class and was hoping to be able to attend their birth, however I was in Bali around her due date and couldn't be there. Here is her story...
Hello familia lobo, and Rebecca (I'm doubling up this
email),
Indeed Brucie and I are thrilled! Little Sylvia is so
content and beautiful. We do a lot of staring at our
little package that we waited 9 months for. The birth
was really quite special. Bill's assistant Marlene was
out of town for a week and I really hoped to wait til
she returned (4 days before our due date), but had a
feeling it would happen before. So I gave dear JoJo
the heads up and asked her to be here if I went into
labor before Sunday. I went into early labor on
Thursday night while cooking dinner, just crampy but
started noticing some intervals. They woke me about
every 10 minutes that night, but just enough to make
me squirm a bit. Bill was in GJ Friday doing
prenatals, but stayed in close contact, and planned an
early afternoon return to Ridgway, his supplies
packed. He gave the heads up to Hope, a midwife that
lives just a block from us. Bruce and Julie were here
with me, and started timing the seismic activity
around 1:30pm noticing things had changed a bit. I was
in more of the focus mode and needing to breath
through the contractions, I imagined this could
continue through the day and night. Around 4:30 I sat
down for a few contractions in a chair and felt a
distinct engagement of the head. I beckoned them to
call Hope and she was over in 15 minutes. She checked
the baby's heart rate and then checked me. I was 8-9
cm dilated and close to transition. Fyew! What nice
news. Bill was due to arrive in 15 mins. so I got in
the tub. What sweet relief that was. Bill showed up
shortly after, entering with a halo of white light
around him. As I'm sure you can relate to that
feeling. JoJo came down from Tride in a snow storm and
got here around 5:30. I was in the tub from about 4:30
until her birth at 7:25pm. An hour of pushing, 3 times
harder than I thought I was capable of, and out she
came, big ol' cone head, shoulders were tougher than I
imagined, but I was ready to have her out! Gave
another mighty push, 8 lbs, 5 oz! and up she looked at
us. Of course we didnt know boy or girl for about 5
mins. b/c the cord was short and I was done. I needed
to collect myself, and then behold, a little girl!!!!
It was the most beautiful event of our lives! We have
some beautiful photos Julie took, and as soon as we
figure out how to post a file to the web, you'll be
certain to receive it. So nice to share with friends
like you, can't wait for you to meet her.
Lots of love, Amy, Bruce and Sylvia
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