Lian Anais
On Saturday night - Aug 20th - I took Michelle to a nice restaurant down in the Mission and, as soon as we walked through the door, Michelle's water broke.
We called the hospital to ask what to do (neither of us had a clue as to what to do when this calamitous event happened, though both imagined that suddenly our little one would be like a fish out of water slowly suffocating if not "rescued" by the maternity ward!). Relax, we were told, and remember the 5-1-1 rule for counting contractions (those of you who haven't had this experience yet, I'll leave it to you to discover for yourselves the key to that secret code!).
After a sleepless night of contractions which began at 11pm, we drove to the hospital at 7.30AM on Sunday Aug 22. She was 3.5 cm dilated, and ... it seemed ... far from delivery. Little did we know that Michelle would have to struggle through 31 hours of contractions and labor to deliver a pink, crying, healthy girl - Lian Anais - at 3:52AM on Monday Aug 22. Our little Leo - who's also a wood rooster (see http://www.astrologycom.com/woodrooster1.html - we're in for an outgoing and demanding little one if we believe in the power of astrological prediction), weighed in at 8 lb 1 oz, and 18.5 inches. I cut the cord (wow that was difficult emotionally!) and then melted as I saw her dropped onto Michelle's chest.
Michelle was shocked at the sudden arrival of her baby - an amazing sight to behold an exhausted mother who has just given birth to her child suddenly 1 foot away from her child who's just opening its eyes for the very first time to find ... its mother.
Michelle escaped relatively unharmed - a small tear in her perineum - and has recovered beautifully. We are all staying at the hospital - a wonderful birthing center that we would recommend to anyone - until Wednesday (8/24) afternoon!
Meanwhile, little Lian Anais (Lian is pronouned "Lee-ahn" in English) has passed two little stools - has cried a little, and is nursing well. She is currently sleeping beside her mother while I make a dash home to share the news with everyone! We send all of you our very best, and we look forward to raising this little gracious being in our warm and nurturing household. We chose the name Lian because it means "graceful willow" in Chinese lore.
Et a toute la famille - je vous envoi mes meilleurs voeux - et nos sentiments les plus tendres, qu'on va ressentir tous les jours pour cette petite fee merveilleuse qui vient de nous benir avec son arrivee. Grosses grosses bises a vous tous. On aimerait bien passer la Noel en Provence avec vous tous. Une reunion? Parlons-en.
Papa Dean
We called the hospital to ask what to do (neither of us had a clue as to what to do when this calamitous event happened, though both imagined that suddenly our little one would be like a fish out of water slowly suffocating if not "rescued" by the maternity ward!). Relax, we were told, and remember the 5-1-1 rule for counting contractions (those of you who haven't had this experience yet, I'll leave it to you to discover for yourselves the key to that secret code!).
After a sleepless night of contractions which began at 11pm, we drove to the hospital at 7.30AM on Sunday Aug 22. She was 3.5 cm dilated, and ... it seemed ... far from delivery. Little did we know that Michelle would have to struggle through 31 hours of contractions and labor to deliver a pink, crying, healthy girl - Lian Anais - at 3:52AM on Monday Aug 22. Our little Leo - who's also a wood rooster (see http://www.astrologycom.com/woodrooster1.html - we're in for an outgoing and demanding little one if we believe in the power of astrological prediction), weighed in at 8 lb 1 oz, and 18.5 inches. I cut the cord (wow that was difficult emotionally!) and then melted as I saw her dropped onto Michelle's chest.
Michelle was shocked at the sudden arrival of her baby - an amazing sight to behold an exhausted mother who has just given birth to her child suddenly 1 foot away from her child who's just opening its eyes for the very first time to find ... its mother.
Michelle escaped relatively unharmed - a small tear in her perineum - and has recovered beautifully. We are all staying at the hospital - a wonderful birthing center that we would recommend to anyone - until Wednesday (8/24) afternoon!
Meanwhile, little Lian Anais (Lian is pronouned "Lee-ahn" in English) has passed two little stools - has cried a little, and is nursing well. She is currently sleeping beside her mother while I make a dash home to share the news with everyone! We send all of you our very best, and we look forward to raising this little gracious being in our warm and nurturing household. We chose the name Lian because it means "graceful willow" in Chinese lore.
Et a toute la famille - je vous envoi mes meilleurs voeux - et nos sentiments les plus tendres, qu'on va ressentir tous les jours pour cette petite fee merveilleuse qui vient de nous benir avec son arrivee. Grosses grosses bises a vous tous. On aimerait bien passer la Noel en Provence avec vous tous. Une reunion? Parlons-en.
Papa Dean
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