Last post, we featured the blow-by-blow account of Marco Rogers and his wife Aniyia Williams of of their accidental home birth. Ready for Part 2? Here we go:
Now I’m talking my wife through it. “I can see her head babe. But she’s gotta come out. You gotta push.”
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
“I can’t. I can’t push. Can you grab her? Can you reach in and get her?” OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
C’mon, Marco! You can do it!
Y’all. I can’t really describe what it’s like to try to do that. To try to reach in with your hands and pull a baby out of a vagina.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
I can’t do it. I was so afraid that I would hurt her or my wife. Probably both. She feels so fragile. I can’t. But I have to. What do I do?
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Then it became a moot point. A fresh contraction starts. Wailing. Pushing. And Noemi Rose Rogers pops right out into my hands.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
I’ve got her. She’s in my hands. My baby was just born. In our bed. In our house.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Right then is when my tunnel vision broke. I realized my father in law was on speaker phone with 911. They were “talking me through it”.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
The only thing I actually remembered this woman say was right at that moment. “You have to hold her tight. She’s going to be slippery.”
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
For the record, that is indeed true. Brand new humans are very slippery.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Yep.
She’s still in my hands. Still. Eyes closed. Flashback: “Oh fuck, she’s blue. She can’t breathe!”
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
The 911 dispatcher is still talking to me. I realize she’s asking “is she crying?”. She is not.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Oh no oh no oh no!
She’s still in my hands. She’s still attached to my wife. I have used up all of my heroics. I have no idea what to do.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
I shift her a little. Move her into my harms. I bouncer her a little. I try to pat her back. I need her to cry, yell, burp, spit, SOMETHING.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
She spits out some fluid. She wriggles just a little. And then she lets out one sharp, clear yelp. And breathes.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
My southern baptist upbringing comes through. I can hear my late grandmother in my head saying “Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Amen Lord.”
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Y’all let me tell you about my baby girl. Other than 2-3 yelps like that, she doesn’t cry at all. Her eyes are open and she’s looking at me.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
She has just been through the most intense ordeal. And she’s just like her momma. A trooper. Breathing. Handling it.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
I wanna catch the Holy Ghost and pass out. But I can’t,… cause, you know, I’m holding a baby.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
So we’ve gotten through the hard part. Noemi seems fine. She’s starting to get some color. @operaqueenie seems okay.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
And that’s when the EMTs decide to show up. Yeah come on in I guess. But we good here.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
One last thing. The What To Expect book did sort of come in handy. The EMTs assisted me in cutting the cord. And we used it as the surface.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Okay, y’all can relax. That’s it. That’s how my wife and I brought our child into this world together. In our bed. pic.twitter.com/XawXA9nMTA
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
Welcome to Earth, Noemi Rose Rogers! You have a pair of badass parents who will do anything to get you through! all the love from us here at Social News Daily!
Star of the show. pic.twitter.com/pT9ZSyaiGN
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 8, 2016
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