Compartment 14B

It's a girl! 2006-01-28 - 3:18 p.m. Yes, Grommet is, as the lab tech suspected, a girl! And an utterly beautiful one, at that. Just a quick note � almost 24 hours after the induction and a multitude of minor interventions and complications (more on this another time), our beautiful and healthy daughter was born by cesarean at 7:01 pm on January 24th. We will never know exactly what she weighed because it was discovered the next day that the scale in the delivery room was incorrectly calibrated, but 24 hours after the fact she weighed 7lbs even so that�s what her records are going with as her official birth weight. She was 21 inches long. Our little threesome spent 3 days in hospital (it�s so great that they encourage rooming in for the babies and the partners) and came home yesterday. My Mom (who will be known to Grommet as Nana) and Granny (who will probably remain Granny or perhaps Great-Granny) stopped by with armloads of much-appreciated food so we got to have, for the first time, four generations of women in my family in the room all at the same time. It was a very cool experience. So we�re all home and tired, but doing well. J had to go back to his business this morning to make sure it continues smoothly, but I�m home and trying to sleep when I can, when not attending to the needs of my new boss (she may be small, but she rules with an iron fist). My incision is still quite sore and I�m hoping that the recovery from the surgery will speed up a bit, but I�d do it all again in a heartbeat when I look at her adorable face (which definitely has a lot of J in it). If anyone sends any email don�t be surprised if it takes some time to get back to you - hopefully in a few weeks when everyone�s adjusted to our new way of life I�ll be able to send email and actually write Grommet�s birth story. I will, of course, post some pictures when I get a chance (I may even have to upgrade my account if I turn into a typical new mom and go all camera-happy). Before - After All content � Shawna 2003-2010 That means no swiping my stuff - text, images, etc. - without asking. P.S. If you're emailing me, replace the [at] with @ in the "to" line. Oh, and if you put the word "journal" in the subject line it'll have a better chance of making it past my junk mail filters. recommend me HTML and design help by Jo hosted by Diaryland