I have to organize, first. (okay, i did) i think i'm ready to write.. HALOT!!!
It was Friday? Oh yes it was. It was Thursday night actually, the time where it was going to turn Friday.. I went downtown on Thursday with Lucy. Chinatown actually, to go eat at our favorite chinese restaurant. The food is awesome, but that time, I was sooo full that I didn't even have my desert. it was really sad. I wanted to have halot of deserts. But oh well.. We planned to go see a movie after our supper. But something came up! Guess what that was?? Caroline had her contractions.. They were not sure if they were real ones or not.. So I decided to stay around downtown and see if they will go to the hospital. Then I called them a few times and finally, they said they were going to the hospital..
We went to go see one of Lucy's friend, Marin at his work. He was finishing up.. And that was when I decided that I was going to the hospital. SO Lucy and Marin were kind enough to walk with me to the hospital. We kind of took our time. We weren't really sure which way we had to go through. But I finally asked where the frikken Sherbrooke street was and that was where we finally found our way. It took a while for me to go in the hospital.. So we hung around in front of the hospital for a while. Watched Marin doing his jokes with his twisted sense of humor.. Hahaha.. Pretty funny, but it was wrong..
Okay, let's get to the point already Sap! I went in the hospital...FINALLY! I was kind of lost for a bit because that hospital is sooo confusing even though they have signs and directions everywhere. But I am not the only one because I've heard stories that some people lost their way too, but finally found the room.. Few people were going in at the same time, and I just followed them to see if they were going to the elevators and they were. So, I found my way pretty much..
I got there probably at ten.. I was awake the whole night. When I got there, Caroline was probably 2 cm open. It didn't take that long for her to reach 10PM. Even though she was ready 15 minutes to 5AM. Caroline did very well with her delivery. It didn't last more than 10 minutes which was pretty awesomely surprising. So yeah it was the first time I experienced and witnessed a baby delivery or more like baby being born I would say.. haha.. It looked very painful. I felt really really bad for Carrie. I was pretty much quiet the whole time. But I'm happy she made it through okay.
It was also the first time that I became an "arnaqutik". My angusiak was the moment where we had our mixed emotions. He brought some tears, joy and happiness. He brought us a lot of smiles that we exchanged throughout the whole night. When Carrie was ready pushing, she said, "Sapina, you are going to cut the cord!" The nurses were like "what" and then we told them and then they said that they will let me. Cutting the umbilical cord is a traditional Inuit way of becoming an "arnaqutik." That's pretty much how far I can explain what it means.
Josh James was born on April 23, 2010 at 4:49-4:50 AM. He weighs 7 pounds and 1 ounce. His beautiful, healthy and Caroline's pride and joy!
I posted five pics of the night, but I'm going to delete four and keep ONE for the blog..
Other pics can be seen on my facebook.
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