The Unassisted Birth of Elisabeth

Part 5 - Isaac and Tandem Nursing:

Isaac woke up right after we'd cut the cord and asked to nurse. So I sat up in the bed and nursed him on one side and Elisabeth on the other. They gazed into each other's eyes, and Isaac reached out and grasped her tiny hand! I will never forget that moment. Bonding at it's best.

After being asked, I announced to Patrick that her middle name was definitely Claiborne, and that ended the middle name controversy! While nursing, I started having incredible after pains. (I think possibly it was the intensity of the after pains that got me worried about the possibility of bleeding out, not common sense, since nursing would help stop hemorrhage, but the pain-fear cycle connects the two events for me.) I had Patrick make me some Raspberry Leaf Tea (my mother was working on the laundry,) and I enjoyed my two beautiful nurslings.

 

Part 1: How we chose unassisted birth

Part 2: Preparing for Elisabeth's birth

Part 3: Labor Begins

Part 4: After-birth

 

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