August 7th 1994

Boy was that a long hard night. This mama was in labor for 10 hours. Which in all reality thats not very long. But this mama worked very very hard for 10 hours. She did amazing. This was her 4th baby and 2nd homebirth. She was a good 2 weeks overdue which she had never experienced before nor had she experienced a "longer" labor. Her longest labor had been roughly 3 hours, with her 3rd labor being a mere 43 minutes. Her biggest baby was 7 pounds 7 ounces... until this night and until this baby, he had some different plans.

She started labor around 11 oclock on the 6th and went right into active labor. Around 4 am she was complete and ready to push. She tried a few times and baby just didnt want to move. With pushing mama's blood pressure started going up so we gave her a little cayenne pepper concoction... Yum that must have been delicious :). So we check mama and realize baby is posterior and we now have a swollen lip of cervix. We get mama up and into the bathroom to do a little hula dance to get baby turned and the cervix gone. Many hours, tears and sweat beads later we move back to the bedroom and at 9am she pushes out one of the most amazing, fat, beautiful, and precious baby boys I have ever seen. Luke Daniel was born, all 10 pounds of him.

One of the things I remember this mama saying still to this day is "An hour of labor for every pound. " Still brings a tear to my eye this very day. Happy 15th birthday Luke. You will always hold a special place in my heart. <3