Sariah

My dream has come true! A baby girl is finally all mine to call my own :) We were blessed with the beautiful arrival of this precious little thing in the early hours of Tuesday the 29th of April. I'm happy to say yet again the birth was incredible, fast, and calm....with no intervention! It started slowly throughout the day with little feelings happening and I just thought well maybe it's time so let's just wait and see. As the day went on and into the evening I knew it was time. We put the boys to bed and I got into our huge bath and just relaxed...listening to my calm birth CD and hinting excitedly about what was coming soon.

After arranging to meet my midwife at the hospital we drove calmly to he Mater Mothers and arrived with excitement. The midwife didn't think I was in labour at all because we were laughing and kidding around, just chilling before the real deal hit me. After some time my midwife encouraged me to get up and move, but I knew I just wanted to lay on my side as that was where I felt most comfortable and the contractions felt most effective. After insisting I stay put an hour later little baby girl arrived! I should have listened more to my body and have been more confident in my abilities rather then letting a professional call the shots...although they see this thing everyday I should have had the confidence to say I know what I'm doing. In the end my body did the thing it was designed to do and showed I was right and an easy and comfortable birth was the result.

Sariah has definitely been the easiest newborn I've had. I know that comes down to me being more relaxed and that John is still home (never had that luxury with the other two) and possibly because she is a girl...

I love her name so much and feel lovely when I say it. We chose her name as it comes from the name Sarah which means princess and also because Sariah in The Book of Mormon was the mother of a very righteous man, which means something to me. How did she raise such a good son? What kind of influence would she have had.

I have great dreams and hopes for this little girl, I don't know how much of them will become a reality but I love that I get to dream and hope and pray for them all to come to pass. I hope to have a very close relationship with her, where we talk on her bed late into the night discovering all that's making her tick, I love the idea that we will get to do girly things together, if that's what she likes. I wonder what kind of teenager she will be and if we will get along during those years. I dream about her dancing with Johnny at her wedding, and having a tight bond with her daddy. That is probably the most important thing to me for this little girl, something that I know means so much to John too.

I can't wait for the future but I'm really happy to take it all in for now and keep my dreams coming. I love that I have a baby girl, I love that the boys get to be her awesome big brothers who will protect her fiercely. What an incredible thing it is the Lord has given us. I will always try to remember this feeling I have right now, peace, happiness, love, confidence and hope.

xx