Our sweet little Jelly Bean arrived last night at about 7:30pm Thai time. She weighs 7lbs 8oz and has full head of brown hair. Her name is Leona Phyllis (Phyllis is in honor of my grandma) and so far we've learned that she likes to marathon nurse followed immediately by marathon sleeping. If we could just get the latch right, this would be great news!
I had an all natural child birth which was about 24 hours long, only a few of those hours were actually in the hospital though. It was the most brutal thing I've ever experienced in my life and I can honesty say that I do not endorse natural child birth. I think I would have given the baby to my doctor if he would have offered me a c-section at just about any point during labor. Luckily he did not and everything turned out fine, but wow! There were several contractions where I thought I might just die and that was before the actual pushing began.
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| Leona Day 1 |
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| Daddy and Leona Day 2 |
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| Mommy and Leona |
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| Look at all that hair! |
Baby and mom are doing well and resting comfortably. Grandma Marlene arrives tomorrow and we are looking forward to spending some time with her and figuring out this new parenthood thing.
Congratulations...she is beautiful. I was with Phyllis and Gene when your mom called with the news. We were all very excited. Take care and give the little one a kiss from the Loren Miller's
ReplyDeleteShe is absolutely beautiful!!! We are so happy for you both, we cant wait to meet her. Leona and Grant will have to go dancing the next time you come back.We love you so much and congratulations!!! The Stotz's
ReplyDeleteShe's absolutely georgous Kara! Congrats to you and Niels, you two are gonna be great parents;-) Have fun with your mom & remember to get some extra sleep when Leona sleeps even if you have company so you don't get over exhausted! Take care, Amy Ulvestad
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