I witness a miracle

As most of you know I am very blessed in my life but this morning I witnessed a miracle.
Yesterday Alisa called me at work and said "I am having some cramps". We talked a little more and I told her that she was having contractions. I told her to start counting and call me back when she got to 8. About 35 minutes later she called so I told everyone I had to leave and drove home. When I get there Alisa was already well into contractions and the doula was on her way. Alisa was so strong she had been in early labor all day and ignored it. By the time Ellah, the doula, arrived Alisa was already 4 cm.
Alisa's due date was Oct. 4th so we were not really ready. And having a home birth means that we needed to have the bed made up and birth tub set up. We didn't have either. I made the bed in record time while Alisa labored with Ellah on the floor. In less than 2 hours Alisa went from 4 cm-10cm and ready to push. Now let me just say that I consider myself pretty brave and usually the rock when surrounded by fear.(Any father reading this needs to stop what your doing and go thank the mother of your child for being so awesome.)But seeing Alisa in that much pain scared me. Fortunately Ellah told us that everything was normal and it turned out that the worse part was when Alisa was in back labor. Alisa was a rock star. I am completely in awe of how powerful she is. Watching Iris be born was the most amazing experience of my life. It was exciting, thrilling, terrifying and wonderful.

Without further ado I present to the world Iris Grace Rasera-Holden. She was born at 12:02 am on 9/22 6lbs 1oz and 18" long.


Iris's 1st slide show