BrisWesty
19th September 2008, 10:20 PM
Hi everybody,
Charlotte Hope Westaway arrived at 11:35am today. 8lb 13oz (4.01kg), 54.5cm long, 36cm head circumference.
Went to the hospital at 4:20 this morning, things went to poo at about 10:30 (let's just say pethidene was not our friend) and got progressively worse over the next 1/2 hour - reduced baby heartbeat, very physically distressed mother - so bubby was delivered by emergency caeserean shortly after. (I stayed up at Alaina's end of the bed for the surgery, rather than the baby's end of the bed. It was a bit too scary and real for me.)
After spending the best part of a couple of hours in recovery, we finally got to tell Isabelle and Caitlin, who had been picked up by Alaina's mum from school at lunch time. They were so excited they got dressed up in pink and went back to school to tell all their friends, friends' parents, teachers etc before school holidays started!
Charlotte is absolutely gorgeous. Definitely the spitting image of her two big sisters. Photos to come later.
I am so in awe of my wife! However, courtesy of today's events, I think Alaina is definitely done with 3 wonderful girls.
It's been a very long day (have had 2 round trips into the Mater from Caboolture) and it's definitely bed time.
(And the Cats beat the Doggies, and I've been given a leave pass for a game tomorrow morning!)
Charlotte Hope Westaway arrived at 11:35am today. 8lb 13oz (4.01kg), 54.5cm long, 36cm head circumference.
Went to the hospital at 4:20 this morning, things went to poo at about 10:30 (let's just say pethidene was not our friend) and got progressively worse over the next 1/2 hour - reduced baby heartbeat, very physically distressed mother - so bubby was delivered by emergency caeserean shortly after. (I stayed up at Alaina's end of the bed for the surgery, rather than the baby's end of the bed. It was a bit too scary and real for me.)
After spending the best part of a couple of hours in recovery, we finally got to tell Isabelle and Caitlin, who had been picked up by Alaina's mum from school at lunch time. They were so excited they got dressed up in pink and went back to school to tell all their friends, friends' parents, teachers etc before school holidays started!
Charlotte is absolutely gorgeous. Definitely the spitting image of her two big sisters. Photos to come later.
I am so in awe of my wife! However, courtesy of today's events, I think Alaina is definitely done with 3 wonderful girls.
It's been a very long day (have had 2 round trips into the Mater from Caboolture) and it's definitely bed time.
(And the Cats beat the Doggies, and I've been given a leave pass for a game tomorrow morning!)