Life in The Family International

My little ‘man child’ was born on June 4^th, Monday, at 3:22 pm. I had labor through the day before and I was all excited and packing away until I fell asleep and the contractions stopped. In the evening they picked up again till they were two minutes apart and about 30 or more seconds long, so that was a pretty sure sign that the little guy was on his way out and off we sped to the clinic. Embarrassing was the word when I fell asleep again and the contractions stopped again! – So there I was at 6:30 in the morning, walking up and down the hallway trying to get ‘the pains’. (this is what contractions are affectionately referred to here – Ok…….so there may be some truth to it.) There were three other women in the beginning stages of labor also trying to bring ‘the pains’ on. – the cute thing is that they got all inspired about my passion to go into labor and all started marching along with me.

So the passion dulled after the doctor had to break the water bag to speed up the labor and I was in the throes of real, heavy, labor kind of stuff. I had to go on a drip too, but lest this sounds like a real horror story let me tell you all the wonderful things about it too.

1) The doctor and Esther (my breathing coach) were both there for my delivery. Had the baby come one day later, that wouldn’t have been possible. An answer to prayer!

2) The labor was considerably shorter than the last – another answer to prayer that was, ahem..very dear to my heart.

3) Vin, Esther, Joy, and Laura all attended the birth – another miracle as here they don’t usually let people into the delivery room, and if they do it’s maybe one person.

4) I had beautiful music playing throughout the labor and was even able to sleep inbetween contractions and hear a joke or two from my companions.

5) I had a beautiful healthy 4.1kg baby, which is the most important miracle!

Here are some photos. Whaddayall think about the name ‘Alonso’. (someone told me that there is a famous car racer with the same name and it kind of ruined it for me….yes, so I am a little behind the times when it comes to car racers etc.)

Vincent and Sara are second-generation members of the Family International and are fulltime volunteers in India. Vincent conducts Outreach activities, designs for Family brochures, and helps in the managerial aspects of Family life. Sara runs a Baby School for Family babies and toddlers, organizes open forums and activities for teenagers, does secretarial and organizational work, and conducts motivational classes for students. More about Sara and Vincent

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