Marley Love Kendall

Okay, so I tried to do this last night and it didnt work for whatever reason or another. So...instead of completley re-writing this entire thing with commentary, you guys get the condensed version.

Here we go...

-went to Austin during the day to play miniature golf at a place called Peter Pan Golf
-Madison got two hole's in one...punk kid!!!
-went to Mount Bonnell park in Austin that overlooks the Cololrado River...our midwife
suggested it for the view and giving Vanessa contractions
-went to Chuys by Zilker park for a ligt dinner and a couple drinks...Vanessa later told me she
was having some pretty serious contractions at dinner
-got home atg 8:30pm
-at 9:00pm we started doing some pressure point and massage techniques our accupuncurist
taught us the other day to bring on contractions...it works by the way
-at 9:37pm we started writing down and timing contractions
-at 11:15pm we saw a good rhytym and decided to call our midwife...she listened to Vanessa
and her voice...she was able to talk through her contractions and such...our midwife suggested
a bath and half a glass of wine to relax and get a couple hours sleep
-Vanessa listened, had three sips of wine, took a bath
-she got out because she was tired and the rhythym of the contractions broke
-I helped her out of the tub and left her to get ready for bed
-I came back upstairs and she was standing there with a look on her face I had never seen
before and said "my water just broke"...the time is now 12:45am
-we called our midwife and she left her place in Austin, about 45 minutes away
-Vanessa put on her colorful, beautiful sundress and tried to get through contractions
-I tried to comfort her by rubbing down on her back and squeezing her hips
-the contractions got so intense that she decided to sit backwards on the toilet and lean against
the back of it with a pillow on top
-she became more and more vocal until the pain of the contractions were so intense she
had me call our midwife to see where she was...she was at our front door...the time is
now 1:40am
-Illysa, our midwife, is the one who would have normally instructed us when to start feeling up
the birth tub and such...she saw that baby Marley's head was already crowning...we had
no time to use the tub...we had to find a position that Vanessa was able to give birth in
-after trying a couple positions she decided to be on her hands and knees on our bed
-she had wonderful contractions that were strong and smooth that sent her into a place that was
FAR outside her body...but between contractions she was sweet and coherent, giving me
kisses while I supported her weight
-she bit my shoulder once...OUCH!
-at 2:12am Marley Love Kendall was born a healthy 7lbs. 12oz. and 19 inches long!!!
-Marley latched on to mommy's breast and fed like a champ for almost an hour and a
half straight...and then fell right asleep
-Vanessa recouped very quickly and we all layed around as a family on the bed for awhile
-as our midwife started to pack up, Vanessa began to bleed VERY badly all of a sudden...the
blood clot that is on every uterus after birth all came off at once instead of slowly in
pieces like it should have
-Illysa was great and took care of it right away...she got me to help...we cleaned her up to watch
the intensity of the bleeding...she had to have a very small shot of pitocin (what they use in
hospitals to induce labor) to give her quick, small contractions to make her uterus smaller and
control the bleeding
-after some massage techniques and oxygen, Vanessa was back on track...the time is now
almost 6:00am
-Illysa stayed til almost 8:00am to keep an eye on Vanessa and Marley