Adelia Faith was born Thursday, March 6th at 1:29
am. She weighed 8 lbs 5 ounces and was
19 inches long with a head of dark brown hair. It’s been a whirlwind since we
first found out we were expecting her and so much did not go “according to
plan”. Yet through it all, it is easy to
see how God had an ultimate plan and knew what He was doing.
We found out we were expecting while we were still in Branson , MO. Chad was
working at two different places. Life
was changing quickly for us. The main
job I had been working with Make Believers was coming to an end, and we had hit
several walls in Chad
continuing his education at Drury. With
those situations in our mind and the increasing difficulty to see either of our
families, we began praying about moving back to the East Coast. After talking with our families and some
close friends, we decided to head to North
Carolina . Chad ’s twin was already here and his parents
were in the processing of moving to North
Carolina as well.
Moving cross country is definitely not my favorite thing but we are so
glad to be close to some of our family again.
One thing that we had to pray through when deciding on North Carolina is we
would not have the option of having a home birth like we did with Ezekiel. While it is technically legal in the state,
the laws are so strict that it is nearly impossible to find a midwife who will
do one. We were extremely blessed to
find a group of midwives in our area (they are pretty scarce in the state) who
worked with the local hospital. I fell
in love with the first midwife we met with and so much of my anxiousness about
having to have a hospital birth was put to rest. I met with the second midwife and while I
liked her, I immediately began praying that we would have the first one for our
actual birth.
While I would have never chosen a hospital birth, God again
knew what He was doing. Towards the end
of the pregnancy, there was some concern as the baby wasn’t growing like she
should be. My midwife had me come in for another ultra sound and we found out
that there was very little amniotic fluid left.
We then talked through our options and decided that it was best to go
ahead and induced the labor (I was already 40 weeks and 3 days at this
point). So we went out to lunch, came
home and gave Ezekiel a big hug and headed into the hospital to have our
baby. It was interesting arriving
without actually being in labor but it gave us a chance to get through all of
the paper work. The labor went well
despite having to have an IV and being hooked up to monitors the entire time
(something I had planned on declining).
The hospital is very friendly towards natural births and had it so
everything was mobile and shower/tub friendly.
We were blessed with a wonderful team of nurses that I can’t say enough
great things about. My prayers were also
answered in being able to have the midwife that I wanted. Chad described her best in saying,
“It was like having a good friend, that was also a doctor, there for the birth.” She was wonderful throughout the whole
process. Adelia did great throughout the
labor. There was a lot of concern
between the low fluids and having to be induced that it would put too much stress
on her, but her heartbeat never wavered once.
When she was born, we found that her cord was tied in a really tight
knot which is most likely the cause of the low fluids. When my water actually broke towards the end,
the nurse questioned the midwife several times about it because there was so
little fluid. In the end, Adelia came
out crying and wanting to nurse almost immediately. Let me tell you, this girl knows how to eat.
=) Again, while being in the hospital
was not my first choice, it was the best choice for our little girl. I am thankful for the technology that alerted
us to the fact that everything was not right towards the end. I also had a couple of complications after
the birth that again, we were thankful to be already at the hospital and have
the medications necessary to take care of them.
After everything was done, we were taken to our recovery
room and got some much needed sleep.
Ezekiel was able to come by later that day to meet his new little
sister. He wasn’t quite so sure about
her at first (and quickly got distracted by all of the buttons he could press)
but he is very attentive to her now. He
loves talking to her, giving her kisses, holding her, and makes sure to tell us
the moment she starts crying.
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