…almost decided. We seem to have narrowed the choices to 2 first names and 2 middle names, for a grand total of 4 possibilities. By God’s good grace, we hope to have the joy of making the announcement tomorrow. By way of a clue, both possible first names are Hebrew; both prospective middle names are [...]
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Here are some more pictures of the new baby. She is 1 day old in the picture where she is holding onto mom. She is 2 days old in the other pictures. Mom took the pictures that don’t have her in them because the baby is in her lap. Except for the one of her [...]
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I know I complained a lot about swelling in my ankles this time, but I have to say that our whole household is a little shocked at how skinny they are now. There are bones in my ankles, for cryin’ out loud! Apparently they were enormously swollen even when they weren’t, if you know what [...]
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One reader asked about my use of liquid calcium during labor. I first discovered liquid calcium when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. I don’t remember how I found out about it, but the theory is that it helps you to relax and makes you less sensitive to pain. Since I had heard plenty of [...]
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Thank you everyone for your blessings, well-wishes, enthusiasm and congratulations! I have enjoyed and deeply appreciated each and every comment and am very thankful for all of your prayers. Now that the children are all asleep and the house is quiet, I’ll try to put together a few thoughts and details on the baby’s birth [...]
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Posted by: Lydia mae This is my new sister. She weighs 7# and 10 ounces. She is 20 1/2″ long and does not have a name yet, but some of us think that her name should be Tara. I think that Her name should be Patience because she didn’t cry when she was born and [...]
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Our new little girl still has no name. If hubby and I could manage to wake up at the same time, maybe we could discuss the matter… She was born at 8:07 AM, after about 7 hours of active labor – starting when I tried in vain to get some sleep last night. She weighed [...]
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(at approximately 2 minutes old)
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ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!
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The Midwife has been here for a while and Dad said about twenty minutes ago that Mom is about ready to push. Don’t you wish that you were here to welcome the new baby instead of having to wait for pictures? actually the suspense is about the same here. -Deanna
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kaitlyn here i have been faking sleep for about 1-2 hours. The midwife got here about 10 minutes ago. it wont be long now….
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…but all is well. contractions are holding steady a 3 minutes and growing longer. This maybe the last update for a while. I need to go rub her back.
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(…about blogging; what did YOU think I was talking about) “I’m feeling surprisingly ambivalent” (about posting) KimC – just after a strong contraction (they’re about 3 minutes apart now)
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THe midwife is on the way and Kim is in the pool. Contractions are hard enough to be difficult to talk through…(I hope the midwife gets here in time!) once she hits 5 minutes there is usually less than a couple of hours left – and the midwife is an hour away.
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