Tag: Birth
And Now the Screaming Starts
Trying to bring this journal up to date… We spent two nights in the hospital and were discharged on Saturday just after noon. We got home less than 48 hours after the birth. As I was running errands to the pharmacy, Xy of course overexerted herself. She was excited to be home and started trying […]
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Xy woke up around 3:30 Thursday morning and discovered her water had broken sometime during the night. This took us by surprise just a bit, because we expected to have a couple more weeks.. Xy racked her brain and remembered what the doctor said: “Three reasons to come straight to the hospital: 1) blood, 2) […]
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What do you say to an old friend who lives on the other side of the country when he reports some good news? In the old days I’d send him a bottle of J&B Scotch. But that doesn’t seem like the most appropriate gift for such an event. Yes, my partner in crime, J of […]
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Just got word that Xy’s brother’s girlfriend has successfully given birth (via C-section) to a healthy baby girl: Ella Dee Paxson, six pounds and a few ounces. I thought it was odd that the girl got her father’s last name even though the parents aren’t married, but I guess that’s patriarchy for you. Anyway, cheers […]
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Just got a call from PJ; he said Andrea gave birth to a healthy baby boy shortly after three o’clock this afternoon. Twenty-seven hours of labor. Whew!
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