Last week I had the combined privilege of going through 14 hours of labor with my daughter, experiencing my third homebirth as a doula, and witnessing my grandchild take her first breath.
Only a few minutes after my granddaughter made her amphibious move from water to land, we had our picture taken together. I immediately uploaded it and posted it on my blog and on facebook, even before the midwife left. Once posted, I received shocked comments like:
Only a few minutes after my granddaughter made her amphibious move from water to land, we had our picture taken together. I immediately uploaded it and posted it on my blog and on facebook, even before the midwife left. Once posted, I received shocked comments like:
"I want to know how you got all dolled up with lipstick and earrings for this picture at 1:51am?!"
"You don't look like the grannies I remember!"
"You don't look like the grannies I remember!" "You are both beautiful"
"She is lovely to look at, just like you!"
"She is lovely to look at, just like you!"
"You are one HOT granny!"
"Two beautiful dolls."
"Stephanie, you look so beautiful!"
"She is GORGEOUS, and so is granny."
and
"Yeah, I am joining others in asking how you look so BEAUTIFUL at 2 am after helping birth someone?!?!? It's just wrong, you know?!?!?!!?"
In response to these comments, I have developed my:
"Two beautiful dolls."
"Stephanie, you look so beautiful!"
"She is GORGEOUS, and so is granny."
and
"Yeah, I am joining others in asking how you look so BEAUTIFUL at 2 am after helping birth someone?!?!? It's just wrong, you know?!?!?!!?"
In response to these comments, I have developed my:
Top Ten Reasons I Looked Gorgeous at 2 a.m.
10. I went to Indy under the guise of helping my daughter "get some work done", when in reality I was the one "getting some work done".
9. I just had my eyebrows waxed. Everybody knows arched eyebrows make you look amazing.
8. I wasn't the one squeezing an oversized eggplant out of my, well, you know. I was merely a sideline coach. Besides, Kacey pushed with her eyes closed, so I had 48 opportunities to sneak out of the room and touch up my lipstick.
7. I have on black clothing, which is slimming . . . and has the added benefit of not showing the blood and amniotic fluid I was covered with.
6. I'm wearing Revlon's Photo-Ready Foundation, in Porcelain Ivory. Clearly, it works.
5. This is my clone. I'm actually downtown sleeping at the Hyatt.
4. My nail polish and earrings were coordinated with the polka-dots on the receiving blanket. It's the "matchy-matchy" thing that tricks you into thinking I look great.
3. I'm like a fine wine . . . I get better as the day wears on, be thankful you don't have to see me first thing in the morning.
2. I'm COMPLETELY in love, which, as you know, makes you glow.
And the Number One Reason I Looked Gorgeous at 2 a.m.
1. Do you KNOW me??? Why WOULDN'T I look gorgeous at 2 a.m.???
1 comment:
I don't understand why people were so shocked.
In the wise words of Meg March, "We must be elegant or die".
And as I always say, "beauty is pain"....you were just staying beautiful for me while I was in pain!!
Somebody had to look good!!!
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