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birth story

Jun 13, 2010 07:05

Well dear pregnant friends, I have had my baby! And so you get this birth story. To summarize... Josephine Elizabeth was born at 6:35 am Wednesday June 9th, two days before her due date. 19.5" long, 7 lbs 4 oz, and very healthy. I labored for about five hours at home, then five more hours at the hospital, all unmedicated ( Read more... )

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Comments 17

ber_waves_of June 13 2010, 14:11:54 UTC

Congrats! What a fantastic natural birth story. :)

amarook June 13 2010, 14:32:54 UTC

Congrats mom and dad!

l5cents June 13 2010, 14:35:40 UTC

That is one cute baby! Congratulations and thank you for sharing such a great story!

amycooper June 13 2010, 15:23:00 UTC

Woot! Congrats! And thanks for sharing!

sweet_tea79 June 13 2010, 16:34:45 UTC

Congrats!! I too had a jalepeno burger and sex the night I went into labor. Technically, I guess I had been in labor for the entire day prior but I also had some major denial. I feel your pain! Congrats again...she's beautiful!

spacefem June 13 2010, 18:00:17 UTC

yay for labor denial :)

And for layering on those self-induction methods... who knows what really started it? oh well!