Oh BABY!

The morning of October 6th was a looooong morning...One of my girls named Amanda woke me up at 3:30...I said a little prayer, "dear God please oh please don't let it be that her water broke." I was relieved when she told me that she was having contractions. I thought to myself...okay contractions I can handle this.. I was up with Amanda until about 7am...helping her breath through the pain...trying all different techniques of how to help her get through the pain. She finally fell asleep around 8am. I went back to bed myself...praying that she could hold off a couple more days until another houseparent was on duty. I knew in my mind that there would be no way that she could hold that baby in for two more days.  

At around 10:30am I heard from my bedroom "MISS KENDRA!!!!!" Oh great I thought...here we go...baby on the way... sure enough her water had broke! She and I got everything together as fast as possible and jumped into the van. Living in the country I am learning that a country mile is way different than a city mile. It took us nearly 40 minutes to get to the hospital. I kept telling Amanda to breath...and she kept yelling, "those breathing techniques are so overrated!"

Everything seemed to go so fast once we got to the hospital. Amanda freaked out a little when she found out that she had to have a c-section...but she kept telling me not to leave her. My heart broke...I looked around...and thought... this girl has no one here...her father wasn't there...her mother wasn't there...the baby's dad wasn't there. I looked at her and said, "where am I going to go, I am here for you." I couldn't imagine being 17 and laying in a hospital bed...and the only person there to comfort her is someone who she had only known for a month.  I never left her side... in fact they let me go back with her during the c-section.

I think that this is cool...you on the other hand...may not. At one point the doctor made an incision and blood splattered over the curtain...and well...got on my robe =)... The doctor then told me to look over the curtain... at that moment they were pulling baby from mommy... OH WOW OH WOW!!!! AMAZING!!! My whole world stopped in those moments. It was amazing!  The doctor took my phone from me and went to take a video of baby Chloe. I wish I could share that video with you... but for security reasons I can't.

After all was said and done... In the recovery room Amanda looked at me and told me that I was like the big sister that she could never find. I thanked God that in the short month that I had been there...Amanda saw me like that. It was such a blessing for me to be a part of!

Right before the C-Section

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