We had our baby!!!

8 lbs 9 oz, 20 inches long, and 3 count 'em 3 hours of pushing!

All of it, of course, worth the effort. She was born yesterday (Monday the 2nd) at 7:48am. She was born 2 weeks prior to our official due date, but has no signs whatsoever of being a preemie. Er, the 8lbs 9oz says it all. Camila's new least-favorite word? "Push!!!"

From Giovana's Birth

We weren't supposed to deliver until the 17th, but Sunday we hadn't felt the baby kick so we headed to the hospital to check it out. I remember our conversation on the drive to the hospital. It went something like this:

"You know, we should probably finish packing our hospital bags so we're ready when this thing happens for real."

"I agree. Let's do that after we get home this afternoon."


Well, when we got there the doctor diagnosed Camila with Preeclampsia which is a very serious condition that can only be cured by child-birth. Also serious because the mother feels fine, until symptoms like seizures and death happen. So they admitted Camila immediately and started her on labor-inducing procedures. So much for packing hospital bags. By 3am, Camila's water broke and she was in full labor. At 5am we started pushing. At 7:48 our baby was born. And at 8am our OB showed up to deliver our placenta. Wasn't that nice of him?


Here's some footage of some of mom's first moments with our new Baby.




And here's Dad and baby...





We're all doing fine at the moment. Dad is a bit of a zombie. As of this writing we're crashed at the hospital, all 3 of us wiped out from a night of delivery. We're sooooooooo grateful to all the support, text, calls, and emails we've gotten from our family and friends.

Thank you!!