Momma Baler

Everyone is hayin' while the sun shines 'round here and I was able to capture the "delivery" of a couple of steamy, glowing, brand new, baby haybales!

Isn't it such an exciting time of year?
...Momma Baler waits all the ten long months, anticipating the birth of so many new little ones...she just loves multiples...(fertility drugs, anyone?)...and finally the due date arrives -

July/August...it's predictable, every year... - and then she rushes to the field and miraculously produces round, roly-poly, little babies, until she finally breaks down and says it's enough...for today...
Occasional break downs are perfectly normal for first time mothers, right?


See her sitting there...this is when she takes a deep breath before the contractions really begin.

(actually, the farmer is letting the machine tie string around the baby, I mean bale! to keep it all wrapped up tight.)

OOooooch, ok, that's about...5 cm dilated...Half way there already....

Keep breathing, keep your teeth clenched,

hheeee, hheeee, heeee, hoooo...my, you're quick...

You've got it, that's it...10 cm!

Now,

PUUUUUUSH!

AND IT'S A BRAND NEW BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!

Welcome to the world, little one...how much do you weigh?

What are your measurments, cutie patootie?

(An average alfalfa field hay bale measures 5 feet across the middle and 6 feet across the sides)

...let's see...

you weigh in at a whopping 1150 pounds!

Gasp, that much eh? What a strapping young fella.

Got a name yet?

Hmmm...there's so many babies to name...

...guess I'll start with the first letter of the alphabet and continue on from there...

How about Alfie...because of his roots, you know...he's an alfalfa from way back!

Yes, you're Such a big boy, Alfie...

wonder how your Momma is doing?

My goodness...

look at 'er go...

She just popped out another one!

Sweet...a little sister for you...and your thousand other 'tuplets!!!!
Go, Mamma Baler, Go!

Don't we all wish it was that easy, girls?! Grins!
Happy Hayin!