2009 - Loveland, Colorado

Twenty-six year old Roisin Vaughn is nine months pregnant. It was a one-night stand, but she loved the little girl that she was carrying and eleven year old Lorcan was ecstatic about being a big brother.

It was 2:20 am on February 14 when Roisin first started having contractions. There were an hour apart and her water hadn't broken yet, so she saw no reason to wake Lorcan. Hours later just as Lorcan was getting ready for school, Roisin's water broke. She made an executive decision and decided that Lorcan could stay home from school. He was already begging to anyways. He didn't want to miss his baby sister's birth.

After Roisin's water broke, the rest of the labor was pretty quick. In a matter of one short hour, she was fully dilated. It only took two pushes and some assistance from Lorcan before her baby girl was delivered. Just six hours of labor, then Roisin was holding her newborn daughter in her arms. She had instructed Lorcan on how to clamp and cut the umbilical cord.

Roisin had wanted to have a home birth. She had a horrible experience with the birth of her son in the hospital, and she didn't want to experience that again. Don't get her wrong, she loves her son and can't imagine her life without him, but she just wished she had never had a hospital birth with him.

"She's so beautiful, Mum." Lorcan commented, "What's her name?"

Roisin smiled as she looked over at her son, "Her name is Orla Joanne. Joanne is the American form of Siobhan...which is my mum's name." This was the first time that Roisin had ever mentioned her mother Siobhan.

Lorcan blinked, "You've never talked about Grandma? Where is she?"

"She lives in Canada."

"Why have I never met her?"

Roisin changed the topic, "Say hi to your sister."

Lorcan sighed and placed his finger into the baby's hand, "It's nice to finally meet you, Orla."

Orla's eyes fluttered as they opened slightly and she looked up at her big brother.

Lorcan smiled as he looked over at his mother.

"I just want to protect her from all that is wrong in the world." Lorcan informed his mother, "I love her so much, Mum."

"That's exactly how I felt when you were born." Roisin added

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