Lillian arrived with a minimum of fuss on December 9, at 7:45 in the morning. Laura was awake instantly when I put her in the car at about 1:30 am, and she didn’t go to sleep until 1:30 that afternoon when the whole thing was in the bag. Judy Tinkelenberg, RN, MAM (Most Awesome Midwife) was waiting for us at her birth center with the lights low and the water heated up. Rachel was there too. She is the mom of Laura’s school friend Jerry and she had volunteered to hang out with Laura while the rest of us were occupied. Laura and Rachel made bead necklaces and read books while I helped Mary get in and out of the hot tub and various other laboring arrangements, and then when it was time for the final push they came and sat on the bed right by us to watch. Laura ran out of the room right at one of the most intense parts, and we thought she had had enough, but she just wanted to bring three of her stuffed animals in so they wouldn’t miss the show. She lined them up on the bed and they saw everything.
We sat around all morning recovering and marveling, and then we went home and Mary, Laura and Lillian had a long nap. I don’t remember what I did. I think I just sort of stood around being dazed and waiting for them to wake up. Lillian turned out to be a serious napper, like Mary (but not like Laura or me). That hasn’t lasted. Five months into it, she has settled into a micro-nap pattern, 10 to 15 minutes at a time about four times a day, which makes it pretty hard for Mary to get anything grownup done. She makes up for it at night, though; sleeps soundly for three hours at a time, wakes up for a feed and then goes right back under.
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