Stella

Our daughter was born on May 29th, 2010 at 7:47PM. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was measured at 20.5 inches long (the same as her big sister). The whole experience from Ladine first getting contractions at 3:15AM to Stella taking her first breath and subsequent cry in this world was pretty good. Ladine's labour was very painful and the epidural provided 2-3 hours of pain relief - for almost 16 hours of pain, 2-3 hours isn't enough. But I'm very proud of all three of my girls and love them with everything I possess.

The days since have been very good, Stella has slept and ate the days away, she is very content but when something isn't right she doesn't hesitate to let us know. Sofia has adapted seamlessly, she is very curious and not at all jealous at this point which is a relief. Ladine and I both worried about this beforehand. Ladine is feeling better as the days past and I'm off starting tomorrow until the following Thursday.

Being in hospital for almost 15 hours on May 29th (Ladine was in a semi-private room, so I left around midnight to go home and relieve my parents and be there with Sofia) you see all kinds of people. A lady in her late 30's (best I could tell) got wheeled into our room in the Assessment area around 12 noon. Her water had broken and she was only 31 weeks pregnant, after overhearing her medical history being taken it became evident this wasn't new territory for her. It also became evident that the problems were due to the fact she was a regular cigarette smoker. The nurses we worked with were better this time for the most part, but our regular nurse in the Labour and Delivery area was an over sharer and her conversations all bordered on T.M.I. In the Postparteum area the people we shared a room with hadn't named their baby girl yet, this also struck me as strange. I guess it's not fair to judge people, but a name is something 97% of the world get excited about doing pre-baby. Oh well, enough ramblings about hospital staff/patients.

listening to:

two thousand voices - strike anywhere (via shuffle)

i want to:

go home and spend time off with my girls

i'm currently
writing test cases