Guest guest Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Our baby was born on Friday 20th May at 2:10pm at Flynn Hospital. We did most of the labour at home and transferred for the final stage where we had a beautiful, natural, drug-free waterbirth in their luxurious new birthing pool. I brought him slowly to the surface of the water where he took his first breaths. He was totally alert, peaceful and awake looking around and taking in the new world around him. We had fantastic support people through the whole labour which was long and hard but worth it! Our special thanks go to our beautiful midwife beth Moen, our dear friends Annette Lewington and Anne McCoy (I couldn't have done it without you both!), the gentle acupuncturist Matt O'Hara (who sped things up when we were beginning to despair), the gentle hospital midwife Anne, and our amazingly wonderful obstetrician Dr son who just patiently let it all happen how we wanted it to happen and of course our beautiful baby who is so calm and happy. We haven't named him yet but his nickname is Kuki-chan. " kuki " is pronounced " cookie " and is short for Kookaburra because when he does cry (which isn't all that much), he sounds just like a kookaburra. He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces at birth (3860gm) and measured 53cm. We're now resting at home enjoying our " babymoon " with our new little family member. Love Filippa and Kosuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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