I have a precious little bundle asleep next to me right now who introduced herself to my arms last Tuesday at 9:49 p.m. I am so thankful to God for Aria and for a safe (but eventful) birth. She is a mellow and sweet newborn ( and I happen to think she is very beautiful too). Her name, Aria, means “beautiful melody” and Sono means “flower garden”. Sono is my husband’s mother’s name. She passed away during the middle of this pregnancy and we miss her sorely.
I know that some of you will be curious about her birth, here is just a very short version of the story. After having mild labor at home most of Tuesday, I finally became convinced that I was truly in labor in the evening. By the time we got to the birthing center I was feeling pretty far along in the labor process, and sure enough, Aria was born in less then two hours! To make it even more exciting she was a surprise breech baby. My midwife handled everything wonderfully, and I was able to deliver her safely and quickly, though having her breech definitely made it more tense at times.
I am on bed rest for a while to help me recover and heal, so things may be a bit quiet here on my blog the next few weeks, though I do have some preplanned posts coming up in our plastic free series.
Meanwhile, I am going to enjoy this new addition to our family!
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You are right! She IS beautiful! Congratulations and enjoy this precious time.
Congratulations and God bless, happy to hear she arrived safely!
She is beautiful! I’m thankful with you for the safe delivery.
I thought last night that it’d been awhile since I’d seen your blog and it occurred to me that you may have had the baby!
Oh joy, a new baby!
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It so happens that I was born breech as well. When I was little, I used to feel horribly embarressed whenever my mom would tell the story, but I don’t care so much anymore
God bless you and your new daughter.
Oh, she is beautiful and I love her name.
Congrats to you all!
Oh, she’s so very beautiful, Kimi–congratulations! Do take care of yourself and your family. We’ll wait patiently.
Hugs and best wishes,
Shirley
She is a perfect little Angel! Congratulations! God is great!!!
She’s so beautiful, Kimi, and a wonderful tribute to your mother in-law. Congratulations, and enjoy this precious time. Praise the Lord for one of his miracles.
Congratulations
Congrats! She is beautiful! Enjoy!
OH SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! Congratulations and thank God everything went well for all of you. Bless her, bless her. What an angel!!!
Congratulations! Beautiful name for a very beautiful baby!
She’s beautiful! Congratulations to you all! Enjoy your babymoon!
Congratulations! I gave birth that day as well. We had a little boy in the morning!
Congratulations, Kimmie! Blessings of peace and good health upon your growing family.
Congratulations Kimmie..
She is beautiful…Congratulations!
Congratulations, she is beautiful.
What an inspiration! I love hearing stories of vaginal breech births! Here’s to birthing outside the box! Thanks for sharing this with us!
She is a love! What a blessing.
Jennifer
Congratulations! I have an Aria too. It is such a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning. My grandmother taught singing at The Ohio State University until she retired, and the Aria is the female solo in an opera, so she is named for my grandmother. Again, congratulations on a job well done mama!
Congratulations!
I could just sit here all night and gaze at her beauty! Take care of you and your loved ones. Congratulations!
What a beautiful girl, and a beautiful name. Congratulations!
Congratulations, Kimi! And blessings to you and your family and good health for all of you.
Oh congratulations! That is such a blessing and she is so very beautiful!
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, beautiful name with wonderful meaning! My baby girl was a surprise natural breech too, but in the hospital (very eventful!)…in Nebraska they don’t allow home births and don’t really have birthing centers either…much to my dismay. I praise God everyday that we did not get unnecessary ultrasounds or I would have had a mandatory C-section! Enjoy little Aria!
Oh she is just beautiful! Congratulations!!
congratulations! what a beautiful little girl!
Wonderful to hear about the precious new life!
Congratulations. Such a precious gift.
Congratulations! She is so adorable and I love her name!
Congratulations!!! How wonderful your midwife knew how to help you give birth breech!
Kimi – Happy Birth-day to Aria. What a lovely birth story!
Congratulations! What a beautiful blessing she is. So thankful that God’s presence and protection was over both of you. Thanks for sharing your news! I had no idea that Sono Harris was your mother-in-law. Many people will miss her. You have been blessed with a wonderful extended family.
Kimi, I just saw this – congratulations! She’s beautiful.
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