Saturday, 14 July 2007

taking a breath


Cate Jenna took her first breath at 28 minutes past midnight - in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Elaine was amazing. She laboured through the contractions with great courage for 6 hours and then gave birth naturally. I am grateful that everything went so well - so well indeed that we were home by 2pm that same day! While one can't say that it was easy, in many ways, the birth went smoothly and Mother and Daughter are healthy and thriving. Giving birth, while a beautifully natural process, is also a potentially dangerous thing with so many painful possibilities... many friends have experienced these dangers. I am grateful!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job to the both of you!

Mike Stopforth said...

i second that. beautiful name too :)

Anonymous said...

Baie geluk! Ek is verheug dat dit n pragtige gesonde dogtertjie is. Sy lyk na jou Barry met haar swart hare...he-hee. God blessed. Mel :)