Basically, what the parent narrative is is we pick somebody like the parent that actually knows what happened. So, it's not like we're putting things into somebody's head like we are speculating that he had birth trauma. We know he had birth trauma, and we know that he had that around his neck. We're gonna have you write a story, a narrative of what happened based on what you know, the best of your recollection, and maybe you could talk to your husband about it too because you were, you know? Mhmm. It was it was a traumatic experience for you and you're in the delivery room and all of that.
But, did you come up with a written narrative of what happened from Adam's perspective? OK. So, it's not your perspective. OK. Does that make sense? I guess so. So, I'm trying to put myself in his body as if I'm feeling, what's happening to me? Right. You're just speculating what baby Adam might be going through.
Here I am. I'm getting ready to be born. This is all kind of new and scary and there's all these new sights and sensations. But, as I'm coming up, it's getting tighter and tighter around my neck and I don't what's what's happening and I can't really see and, I can't really move. That's why I was like, oh my gosh. The the turtle thing that he was reprocessing was kinda, like, unusual things to be saying. Like, I can't move my arms. I can't see. I've lost my scales.
You know? It's all it was pretty, like, wow. And, then, you wanna incorporate what you would guess that the the baby would be thinking or feeling, and then maybe a baby words, you know, like, it wouldn't be it's like, I'm gonna die. But. Feeling squeezed or something like that. Not gonna make it, or this is bad. OK. Make it simple. Yeah. OK. And, then, as you're telling the story, and then I come out and there's bright lights and all there's all these people, and then the doctors pull something around my neck and I can breathe better and but they have all these tubes in me. Then as you're, as he's feeling better, he's, I can breathe better.
My mommy holds me and I'm good. I'm safe. I'm alive. This is good. I'm good. And, I'm all cuddled and I'm all fine. So, what we're gonna be doing is telling your mom's gonna be doing is she wrote up this really nice story that's about you and about when you were born. And, you probably know a little bit, like like, there were some bad things that happened when you were born, and there was kind of some scary things that all turned out good because, look, you're still here. But, we think, you know, in little baby brains, that stuff can kinda get stuck there and kinda make them sad and stuff.
So, we wanna tell the story. So, now that you're all big, that you can really understand it and it won't be, like, stuck in your little baby brain. It'll be in your understandable 6-year-old brain. OK? Alright. So, maybe we should just tell him what happened to him before we even do the narrative. Just kinda say, you know, this is what happened to you. OK. So, you know that when you were a baby, there were some things that happened that weren't so great.
Right? We've talked about that in your surgeries, and we have the pictures. Remember looking at those? Yeah. So, today, we're gonna do a little activity and we're hoping that this helps. And, so, I just before that, I want you to know so when you were coming out, when you were being born, you had your cord that helps feed you wrapped on around your neck and it made you not be able to breathe very well. K? And, so, the doctors had to come in and unwrap that cord, and then you felt much better.
And, you're able to breathe, and we were all so happy. But, we just want you to know that that's the story that we're gonna talk about today. OK? OK. OK. Alright. Well, good. So, what we're gonna do is have mom tell the story of your being born from what she thinks your little baby brain might have been thinking and feeling. OK? And, it's gonna kinda go through the scary parts, but then it's gonna come out on the good stuff because we all know it was a happy ending because you're still right here and, you know, you have this great family and everything. And, while she's telling the story, she is gonna be either tapping on your feet or squeezing your feet.
Would that be alright? Yeah. OK. And, she'll and we'll want you to kind of look at her because we want you to really, like, see your mom and see your mom tell this story as she's doing your feet. Is that alright? Yeah. K. So, when I was being born, it started out very dark, and I felt OK, until I started to be born. And, as I was being born, I felt this really sort of tightness around my neck, and I was scared, and I was wondering what was happening to me. And, then, I started to see some light and I realized I was in completely different place.
And, it was still wrapped around my neck and it was still tight and I was still scared, but I I could see light now, and I could see people. And, then, I remember the doctors coming in, and they took the cord from around my neck, and I started to be able to breathe. And, I knew I was gonna be, OK. And, then, I saw my mom and she was so happy. And, she was feeding me, and she was talking to me. She was loving me, and I knew I was gonna be OK.
I was happy. OK. OK? How do you feel about that? Good. Yeah? This was it a scary story? Yeah. Yeah. But, then, it all turned out OK, didn't it? Yeah. You're happy. Mhmm. You're taken care of. Yeah. Everything was good. Yes. Yes. Did you have any questions about what happened, Adam?
No. No. Not really. I mean, did you know that sometimes babies get cords around their necks? No. Yeah. It's kind of one of those weird things that happens. You know, there's like a cord from your belly button, you know, that get you get fed in. It's a long cord, but sometimes babies will you know, they kinda swim around in their mom's stomach, and then sometimes it accidentally gets around their neck.
And, so, when the babies are born like that, it can affect their breathing and and stuff like that. Mhmm. And, that does happen to babies, not just you. Yeah. Mhmm. It definitely does. That's good.