Today was the day. When the call of nature comes, there’s no stopping it; and I’m not just taking about the need to pee.
Sarah went into full labour on Sunday morning. Aided by me, our doula (Jacky) and our midwife (Laura), she gave birth to a healthy baby boy at 13:31 CEST on 2008-03-30.
The baby was born underwater, using our birthing pool.
It was quite an experience. There was just enough time before the contractions came on really strong to take one last pregnancy photo.
The grandparents will (rightfully) hang me out to dry if I don’t post some photos, so I’ve now taken care of that.
There are lots of photos of the labour, too, but these need to go before the eyes of the maternal censor before they can withstand the scrutiny of the Internet.
Mother and son are in excellent health. Big sister is very happy with her new sibling.
Mr. X doesn’t have a proper name yet, which is why he’s called Mr. X. Until he came out this afternoon, he didn’t even have a gender in our mind, never mind a name. Give us time. In any case, Dutch law requires that we register his birth by Wednesday.
I’m off to bed. The kraamzorg will be here bright and early in the morning.
Yay! Congrats to the three of you, and the fourth as well for making it out in one piece.
Having followed this saga and the previous one for a while I’m kind of partial to Franbert, but I suppose that name would pretty much guarantee a horrible childhood. Yeah, good thing it’s not up to me…
Hee, gefeliciteerd met jullie kleine! Goed om te horen dat alles goed gaat.
Geniet er van de komende dagen, en laat snel weten hoe ‘ie gaat heten.
groetjes,
Jules
Bedankt voor de goede wensen, jongens. Ik schrijf er meer over als ik eraan toekom. Ondanks de kraamzorg zijn er gewoon niet genoeg uren in een etmaal.