Ayala: A woman in labor, a midwife, a water main break and a SAWS crew equals a perfect baby
Before Courtney and Evan Morris showed up in my inbox this week, I’d planned to write about inflation and corporate profiteering, about the rising prices of goods, including my beloved blueberries.I needed a story like that of Evan and Courtney, both 33, a San Antonio couple who welcomed a baby girl named Stella a week ago Saturday under unusual, stressful circumstances.
The crew was led by David Sandoval, 43, a lifelong South Sider and a foreman for the San Antonio Water System.About 5:30 a.m. last Saturday, Courtney woke her husband and said it was time. The baby — already past due — was coming, as were contractions. When they had their first child, the Morrises experienced a calm water delivery. Because the child is in water in the womb, Evan said, giving birth in water gives way for a gradual introduction to oxygen.Not so much last Saturday when Evan, an architect for Lake Flato Architects, heard a string of expletives coming from his wife’s mouth.You might imagine the tone in her voice, which gave way to anxiety.The tub had no heating element. It had to be filled at just the right moment to remain warm.
Evan spotted the lights, trucks and commotion and went outside to a SAWS crew “presiding over an enormous crater in my street.”
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