Thursday, June 11, 2009

Cell phones and birth don't mix


So here's the story. About 6 weeks ago we were in a woman's home helping her through the last parts of her labor. Her mom, her sister, her husband, Beth, and I were all present. She's breathing and relaxing and moaning a little, and getting really close to pushing when suddenly a loud pop song breaks the silence. Then moments later an equally loud country song adds it's tune to the only momentarily renewed quiet. Wouldn't you know it, minutes later one more loud (of course everything sounds loud when a woman is in labor) cell phone ring. Of course, the phone calls were all from other anxiously awaiting family members, but that didn't make their rings any less jarring.
Finally, all cell phone rings were turned off and/or placed on vibrate. We were all focused on our laboring Mom again, breathing, rocking, moaning, and finally pushing, when wouldn't you know it, in the midst of some good focused pushing comes an electronic mmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm. The worst part, was it was my phone. Thankfully the vibrating stopped quickly, and Mom didn't seem to notice. Maybe that should be part of the birth plan now, are cell phones allowed at the birth.

6 comments:

  1. i hear ya!! ive had that happen to me too during a birth! but i couldnt help but crack up at your post! hehe!

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  2. Right when it happened it wasn't so funny, but after the fact it was rather humorous. Even the mom laughed about it. One of those silly things to tell a kid about their birth when they are old enough to want to hear it "You were born amidst the music of multiple cell phone rings." :)

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  3. That is just hilarious. The kid's gonna be a DJ. :D

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  4. lol! I think your on to something. Or maybe she will feel strangely claustrophobic any time she hears "Hot and Cold" on the oldies station. :)

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  5. Hard to ruin the awesome-ness of a home birth though, isn't it? Neat story! We're selling our house in Ingleside. Ran out of money to finish it for renting... We won't have reason to run into you guys at church every once in a while now... not that it was often, but sometimes. At least we have the internet, right?

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  6. Hey Sally, I just saw this. You are right about it being hard to ruin the awesome-ness of homebirth. I'll miss seeing you guys periodically. We keep talking about visiting the old Plum Creek ward some time. Maybe we will see you again some time. The internet definitely helps!

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