It takes a team to bring a baby into the world....
Yes, I was the one pushing and yes we used no medical interventions. Her arrival was 100% natural. (Labor narrative with all its juicy details to follow, perhaps.) Yet let there be no mistake, we had plenty of assistance. Team Izabella 2008. And for the record, I fully support anyone who does use medical interventions. I have been there, I know the painful intensity--it empowers and humbles you.
And since the delivery, we have needed a whole battalion of helpers--lactation consultants, cheerleading friends, the nurse who generously gave us a handmade knitted cap when baby Iza's went missing as we tried to leave in freezing weather. Without Grandma, all would be lost. (Thank goodness we have even had an offer of a volunteer Grandma in the future when my mom will need to return to the land of Oz. Be careful what you offer!) Not to mention the 20 or people who have massaged my breasts in the past six days, none of whom have been my husband.
The smell of her soft skin. The silk of her hair. Her scrunched up face and her yellow baby poo. What more is there?
First attempt at blogging post-Iza arrival: I fired up the laptop and then couldn't resist a lean down and a gentle kiss on her exposed arm (she was born with a fist up next to her cheek and loves to have the hand near her face) and BAM my laptop crashed from my lap to the floor, inches from my state-of-the-art lactation machine. Hence: kisses trump keyboards in this new state of our affairs.
For those of you who know me: picture this: J.K. Kelley changing a little teeny diaper on a skirmiquin of a sweet baby girl, careful not to irritate her cord.
Still. How can I not blog my little girl's world? I have to give her something to be embarrassed about in about 13 years.
Izabella
born at 38 weeks and 1 day
born 2-08-2008
6 pounds 12 ounces
all spunk and spittle
By the way, still no crib or changing table. Yet we are sleeping, poopalooing, and doing just fine. My belly was plenty big after all that worry. And we do have our Bundle Me (thanks Ash!) and our Burberry diaper bag (thanks Jji!). We are in style and as soon as we figure out how to latch (or as L. calls it in ESL, "leach") we will be on the way. . .
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4 comments:
Congratulations J. and L.! Welcome baby Izabella! I think she heard you typing your 38 Weeks blog entry...or perhaps she had some money invested in the betting pool!
Beaming with excitement for you and your bundle,
-S.
Congratulations on the arrival of baby Izabella!
We're happy to hear that everything went well.
Take photos liberally to capture the wonder. Agnes is 100 day old today and we recall her face and newborn habits as if was a long time ago.
Congratulations again, and best wishes!
Istvan and Reka
Tell that sweet bundle of delicious baby smells that she has an aunt who loves her already. I can't wait to meet her.
I love my sweetie Iza even before I've had the chance to schoogle her in person.
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