Ask the hugely pregnant chick

shantih · April 3, 2011, 9:31pm

Stork bites! I had forgotten about stork bites! Such a cute thing.

Congratulations to you!! Isn’t the smell of a newborn just the most wonderful thing in the world?

Ellen_Cherry · April 3, 2011, 9:46pm

So glad to hear the news of your darling new baby, Sattua!

maggenpye · April 3, 2011, 10:08pm

Congratulations! Happy mother’s day!

LavenderBlue · April 3, 2011, 11:19pm

Sattua:

Thought I’d check in and provide the ending to the story–my daughter Amelia was born on March 16 via “urgent” c-section under general anesthesia, after seven hours of labor (three of them without an epidural, at which point I was 8 centimeters dilated). She was sunny-side-up and wedged in, and my contractions were so strong they were giving her tachycardia. So out she came the easy way. Yes, recovering from a c-section is a doddle compared to the labor I had.

Best thing about my labor experience: general anesthesia.

Worst thing about my labor experience: the part that happened without anesthesia.

Amelia has auburn hair and newborn slate-blue eyes. She smells like chocolate and vanilla and marshmallows and flowers. She twitters like a bird. She has stork bites on the back of her head, angel kisses on her eyelids, and a cafe-au-lait mark shaped like Texas on her bottom. When I kiss her face she opens her eyes and mouth wide and wriggles. She’s already getting long for her newborn sleepers.

Aww. Lovely name and lovely birth story.

Congratulations.

Post pics when you have a chance.