Hello welcome we have a new addition to the Dinsdale/Brien Family. My sister in law Myra has just given birth to a healthy baby boy.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD ELLIOT ( I love his name)
The Excitment started Monday morning for Myra. At around 6am her water broke and she was advised to rest and get some sleep as discomfort meant she wasnt getting the sleep she needed. At noon we all recieved the txt that Myras water had broke. I was waiting outside Aarons work patiently to pick him up for lunch, having left my cell phone at home I had no idea of the news. Aaron comes rushing to the car. "We need to head down to Davis Myras water broke this morning" he stammers. "Where is she I ask?" ( I have 5 sister 2 that have 3 kids each so I know a little about having babys and the time it takes) Aaron called mum and was told that Myra was home resting. " but it could come any minute" he pleaded with me his face creased with concern. Aaron could not be soothed so although I had an idea Elliot wouldn't be making an appearance for while yet we headed down the hill.
Let me explain why Aaron was so concerned to be there on time. Aaron was due to cut the cord. It meant a big deal to him so he wanted to be there when the birth was happening. Personally I like to visit once mum and baby are rested and clean.
We decided we wouldn't rush until we heard that Myra was on her way to the hospital. So we headed to Boarders. We spent about 4 hours reading and drinking coffee till hunger set in and we went in search of food. We ate at Pita Pita and then headed into Davis. Once in Davis we decided to hit up an old childhood friend of Aarons. He had moved and so we spent about an hour knocking on prospective doors and apologizing for disturbing family's late in the evening, it was about 8pm by now. We finally we found Byron through a friend of Aarons living in Portland ! It was a wonderful reunion. You could see the love as two old buddies embraced and the next few hours were filled with laughter and lots of "do you remember when"? I fell in love with his family they are super sweet and totally cool. We left around 10pm with plans to meet up in a few weeks.
By now we where tired, we had no where to stay if Elliot didnt come soon we would be sleeping in the truck, Byron has offered us a bed if needed so there was always that. We decided to head in to down town Davis and go see Aarons brother Owen who works at a bar, I was worried about smelling like a brewery when we first met Elliot, but as timing would go as soon as we got to the pub and said hello we got a call say Myra was on route to the hospital. Yeeeehar!
We where the first to get there and as we entered we could hear Myra throwing up.. poor thing. We opted to wait in the lobby and let Jeff handle Myra, he was a sea of serenity, Well at that point. I heard later he had gotten upset at seeing Myra in so much pain.
Mum, Dad and finally GM turned up, we all settled ourselves in. Me with my laptop ( love wifi) and everyone else with magazines. The first to fall asleep was...... go on have a guess...... yes it was adorable hubby Aaron, then Mum, Dad, and eventually GM took a very short snooze. I cannot for the life of me relax enough to sleep in public. Wendy woke periodically, jumping at Aarons more violent snores. She would jump awake, glare at him and promptly go back to sleep.
We received frequent reports from Jeff and Myras Dula Linda. At 2am Myra had started to push and at 2.30 am Tuesday 5th October Elliot Addison Brien was born weighing a healthy 8.5lbs and 20in long.
Myra had a natural birth, she never once used drugs or pain killers. She used a birthing pool to help with contractions and Elliot was actually born in the pool. She was told if she reached down she could feel his head, which she did and was amazed. As Elliot was born the nurse behind her guided him out and pushed him forward so that Myra could bend down and pick him up out of the water, where he then took his first breath and exercised his lungs with his first cry. He has a loud and strong cry.
We came in 10 mins later so Aaron could cut the cord. Elliot was laying on his mothers chest, the nurses were still busying themselves with clean up and checks, We saw them put him in the scales and do all the checks, his spine, his head etc. Then it was mummy and babys first skin on skin. It was amazing to see, Elliot calmed down as soon as he was on mummy. Elliot likes to have his hands by his face and will always try to get a hand free to do this. He scratched his face a little he loves having his hand on his face too. Elliot has black hair and is very handsome. He has Dinsdale cheeks and a Brien nose.
We left shortly after so Myra could pass her placenta and clean up. We came back in 15 mins later cooed for a bit and made our way home. Aaron was on cloud nine, he got to cut the cord and is completely in love with his Nephew. We returned the next day to visit and found dad very protective and hogging his new son it was very sweet. New mum Myra is doing well, in my opinion Myra is awesome and my new hero, they are the sweetest little family. Before we left she chipped in that now Elliot needed a playmate and we where to hurry up and make that happen.. All I can say on the matter is........WATCH THIS SPACE lol
Baby Elliot half an hour old first skin on skin with Mummy
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