Monday, September 21, 2009

New Baby!

At around 3:30 on Sunday morning Sarah and I had both woken up, which had been the norm the last couple of months. Sarah had some back pains and then decided to go to the bathroom. She thought that her water broke, but was not for sure until she laid back down and started to have contractions. We both took a shower and prepared everything to leave. Sarah said that it was like getting ready for going to Six flags because of getting up early and being so excited. Sarah even did her hair, which she claimed was not as far fetched to do while in labor as her aunt who also did her make-up. Southerners, unbelievable. We grabbed everything (except Sarah’s purse that had all her ID’s in it) and our friend Monica met us at our apartment to go with us. Being that it was 4:30 in the morning, traffic was fortunately light. Upon arriving, we sent Monica back the 40 minute drive to get Sarah’s ID (thanks Monica) and I dealt with the payment stuff while Sarah got checked out upstairs. Unfortunately, insurance proved to be a pain again, but the staff here was very kind. In our tour of the hospital, we were shown the five rooms Sarah would be switched to through labor and her stay in the hospital. But after the first check up room, they moved her straight to the labor room because she was having a quick labor. After the contractions got worse and worse, we had the anesthesiologist come and give her some shots (not an epidural) and that relieved the pain enough for her to really be able to push more. For a while Evelyn would pop back up every time Sarah pushed her down, but after the doctor told Sarah she would have to have a C-section if Evelyn did not come out soon, she came out on the next contraction. I have never seen Sarah so relieved, excited and happy all at the same time in my life. I have also never been more proud of her. She did a great job and we were so excited. It took Evelyn a while to warm up after her bath, but it did not seem to worry any of the nurses. Soon after weighing, measuring, footprinting, bathing and warming her she arrived in her mother’s arms again.
We praise God for this little miracle He has entrusted us with for this passing moment. We had wanted Sarah’s mom and sister to be here to witness the birth, but once we arrived at the hospital, we found out that they would only have been able to come in once, one on one day, and the other on the next from 3-5 in the afternoon. The swine flu has scared people down here into making some crazy little rules. So the actual date of their arrival, Tuesday, will actually work out perfect because it will be our first day at home. So it has been neat to see God’s sovereignty in even the little things in life!

6 comments:

Seda said...

Yay!!! Congratulations, Sarah and David! What a beautiful, blessed, and sacred event! What blessed parents you are to have Evelyn - and what a blessed child she is to have you!

Here's a link to Jesse's blog on her new baby, Mateo, in case you're interested. Evelyn and Mateo were born only two days apart, both naturally. Kristin was doula at her birthing (his birth). There's a picture of Kristin if you scroll down the blog to the entry on 8/29 titled "Summertime."

Kristin had a friend braid her hair in cornrows for Sam's birth. It was really cool, and easy to take care of.

Happy blessings to you both!!!!

Seda said...

Oops! forgot to link:
http://mateokenika.blogspot.com/

Janelle said...

Congratulations you guys! am so happy for you!

David and Sarah Carrel said...

Thanks so much guys!

Junior, Mônica, Lucas e Rebeca said...

Esse dia sempre me trará boas lembranças. Que madrugada tão especial foi aquela! Ver o rosto do David, tão feliz, trazendo a bela Evelyn para eu conhecer foi marcante e um motivo tão grande de louvor a Deus por Seu cuidado. Obrigada por terem me dado esse privilégio de poder estar pertinho em um momento tão especial.
Beijo

Seda said...

David,
This is definitely not the place to put this comment, but I thought I'd do it anyway. I just came across this blog, and thought you might find it interesting and thought provoking, coming as it does from a Christian point of view.

http://blog.cbeinternational.org/