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All in Due Time :

Perspectives on Childbirth from Deaf Parents

Brandi and Tim Rarus

Concluding Thoughts

For Tim, he felt his job was to be there and offer support and he prayed that he didn’t say anything she didn’t want to hear. He also feels that the birth experiences were very positive. Nothing horrible was said and they all were wonderful experiences. He was nervous and unsure for the first one. Not sure if he should offer help or leave Brandi and the doctors to their work. He wasn’t sure if he was to help with the delivery or stand back and let nature take its course. Luckily the interpreter was a friend and that helped. Without that, he doesn’t know how he would have done. The interpreter for all three deliveries was always a close friend.

Tim doesn’t have much else to say other than he’s happy that he has three boys, “my three sons” and all. He knows that his “other half” (Brandi) is still hoping for a girl. To make that dream come true, they are flying to China to adopt a baby girl in the summer of 2004. Right now they are in the process of doing all the paperwork. Then they’ll have the three boys and one girl.

And, as Tim puts it: “That’s all, folks.”

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