2006/01/22

Mai's Birth

メールやコメントをしてくれた皆さん本当にありがとう。
Thank you to everyone who sent mail or comments.

自宅出産は本当に感動しました。今は脳が死んでいるので上手く説明できないけど、病院での出産で経験できないことばかりで、終始凜も関わっていて自分の妹がこの世に生まれてくるのを手伝えて自分の目で見ることが出来て、一日で本当のお姉さんになったように見える。我が家の一番落ち着く環境で家族全員で協力して、最後に可愛くて健全な新しい仲間に迎えて嬉しかった。
I wish I were able to coherently string words together right now, because I want to express how wonderful having our second child born in the comfort of our own home was. I would recommend home birth to anyone.
Lin was able to participate throughout and be part of bringing her little sister into the world, and Yuri was able to relax in ways that just aren't possible in a hospital. The whole process felt natural and we did it all together as a family. And after it all, we have a beautiful healthy baby daughter.


凜はびびるかと思ったらずっとマミーの力になってくれた。
We thought Lin would be frightened, but she was supportive throughout the birth.

「凜の手を握ってたら大丈夫よ、ぎゅーって強く握っても凜は全然痛くないからね!」
"Mommy, hold my hand and it'll be all right."



マミーが陣痛でじっとできなくて踊り回って、陣痛が強いときも凜が手を握って励ましてた。
Mommy paced around in pain, and Daddy and the midwife massaged her back and belly while Lin held her hand.

凜ちゃんが岡本先生のように腕まくりして手伝うの。
Lin rolls up her sleeves like Okamoto-sensei.

助産婦さんのつもりの凜ちゃん。
Lin wants to be a midwife too.


分娩のときは抱き合って、凜は手を握って、皆で呼吸した。
For the delivery, we held each other while Lin held Mommy's hand and we all breathed together.

頭が出始めたとき、凜が見えるところまで回って、頭を触って、「出る!出る!すっごく嬉しいんだよ!」と叫び回って、出たときに一番先に赤ちゃんの顔が見れた。
When the head started to come out. Lin ran around to where she could see it, touched the baby's head, and then started jumping around saying "She's coming out! I'm so happy!"
When the baby finally came out, Lin got to see her face before anyone else.

出たぁ!
She's here!
へその緒は普通50cmぐらいらしいけど、舞ちゃんはなんと69cm


マミーとご対面
With a tired but proud Mommy


良く頑張ったね、舞ちゃん。
You did good, Mai-chan.


皆で頑張ったね!
We all did it together!


凜ちゃんは怖がらずにへその緒を切った。
Lin cut the umbilical cord.



見て!あたしの妹よ、可愛いでしょ?
Isn't my little sister cute?


デカっ! 3860g
でもわりと安産だったし、母親の出血も少なかった。
That's a pretty big baby.
But the birth went smoothly, and Mommy lost very litttle blood.


凜先生が脈を確認
Dr. Lin checks the baby's pulse



ばあばと
with Baaba


まだ出ないけど、一生懸命吸いつく舞ちゃん
There's no milk yet, but Mai suckled with all her might.


由佳とオーエンとおがちゃんが伝統の葉巻を持って来てくれて、ガレージでいただく。
凜ちゃんのときと同様、葉巻を半分残して、20歳の誕生日に一緒に吸うつもり。
Yuka and Owen and Oga-chan brought the traditional cigars, and we smoked them in the garage.
As I did when Lin was born, I saved half the cigar to smoke with Mai on her 20th birthday.




アンクル・オーエンと舞ちゃん
Uncle Owen and Mai


そして美女3人で就寝。
皆お疲れさまでした。
tired Mommy and her tired daughters


姉妹仲良く爆睡
Good night!

皆さん、舞ちゃんをよろしくね!
Welcome to the world, Mai!

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14 Comments:

おめでと。Ben!! 

Posted by まこと

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/23/2006 08:54:00 PM  

Ben、おめでとう!
美人姉妹の誕生だね(^^)
凛ちゃんのお手伝い振りが愛らしくて微笑ましかったです。


 

Posted by なかた

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/23/2006 10:02:00 PM  

Ben! おめでと~!!
素敵なブログだったよ~。しっかり者の凛ちゃん、凄い・・・。
凛ちゃんて私の小さいときに髪型や雰囲気が似てるの!
(ブーイングは受け付けません・・・。)
家で出産っていいね。
舞ちゃんが笑ってるような写真を発見してビックリ。
私も3900あったので、あぁ、だいたいこのぐらいだったんだぁと一人感心。笑

レディーが3人、益々賑やかになるね。
美しい凛ちゃんとママにお疲れ様~と言いたいです。
あっ、勿論Benもお疲れ!
今度、会わせてね。 

Posted by てんこ

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/24/2006 12:02:00 AM  

Ben and Yuri,

Wow! You are truly blessed! Congratulations on the latest addition to your beautiful family. We can't wait to see you all soon!

Flora and Curtis

 

Posted by Curtis Stevens

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/24/2006 12:50:00 AM  

なんか、とても臨場感のある記録で、
すっかりその場に居合わせた気分です^^
いやぁ、一家揃ってとても素晴らしい体験でしたね!
ほんとに、おめでとう! 

Posted by みずほ

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/24/2006 02:57:00 AM  

What a wonderful family! Good information and nice to see the home birth turn out well.  

Posted by Sharon Harris

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/24/2006 05:25:00 AM  

Thanks everyone!
Things are likely to be hectic for a while, and we really appreciate everyone's thoughts.

コメントをくれた皆さん、ありがとうございました。
もうしばらく忙しいでしょうけど、皆さんの気持ちが本当に嬉しいです。
 

Posted by Daddy

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/24/2006 01:02:00 PM  

Great pictures and caption, it made us feel like we didn't miss a thing. Can't wait to see you all again!

Matt and Amy 

Posted by Amy and Matt

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/25/2006 06:57:00 AM  

Congratulations to Beg Ben, Lin and especially Yuri for delivering such a healthy, beautiful baby Mai! What a wonderful way to welcome a new family member into the world.  

Posted by Langtry

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/28/2006 06:37:00 AM  

まいちゃんの誕生おめでとうございます。
自宅出産いまでもやってくださる助産師さんいるのですね。
やっぱり病院とは違って、家族がひとつになる感じがあっていいですよね!
リンちゃんのおねえちゃんぶりがとてもかわいいです。
これからのお二人の成長ぶり楽しみにしています!
 

Posted by mad

by Anonymous Anonymous
1/30/2006 12:42:00 AM  

Ben,

Congratulations to you and Yuri on Mai's birth.

Rich
 

Posted by Rich

by Anonymous Anonymous
2/05/2006 11:18:00 PM  

Thanks for the kind words, everybody. Of course, I've taken so long to reply that y'all probably aren't looking at this thread anymore. Sorry 'bout that.

mad, ありがとう。本当に感動ものでした。
姉妹二人で立派なバイカーに育って欲しいと思ってます。
 

Posted by Daddy

by Anonymous Anonymous
2/06/2006 11:09:00 PM  

I found this site through flickr.com

I want to say that this brought tears to my eyes. I am a midwife in the US but don't get to see this sort of interaction often since I am hospital based.

Thank you so much for sharing this with the internet community.

by Anonymous Rhiannon
1/09/2008 08:20:00 PM  

Thanks, Rhiannon!

by Anonymous Daddy
1/09/2008 08:27:00 PM  

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