Birth Announcements!

[Spark]

Thought I'd get a sticky going about this since every other EDD group has one!

When your babe is "earthside", please post:
1. Baby's name -
2. Baby due date -
3. Baby's birthday -
4. Sex and weight/height -
5. How long you were in labor -
6. How are you doing? -

Happy and peaceful birthing

[MistyB]

1. Baby's name - Ella Kate

2. Baby due date - Dec 3

3. Baby's birthday - Nov 13

4. Sex and weight/height - Girl 5 lbs 14 oz, 20 inches at birth and 18.5 inches 2 days later so somewhere in the middle

5. How long you were in labor - 6.5-7 hours...I think. First ctx were really really weak and lasted for awhile. I only consider the last 2-3 hours to have been work/more intense.

6. How are you doing? Awesomely well! She is nursing like crazy and has been pooping 10-12 times a day! She nurses through the night and sleeps on my chest but she has been letting me sleep enough to still feel well rested. I so sooo in love!

[punkwoman1982]

1. baby's name Abigail Pandorah

2.baby's due date: dec 3rd

3.baby's birthday nov 22nd

4. sex weight/height: girl 21 1/2 inches 8lbs 5 1/2 oz.

5. how long were your in labor? about 18 1/2 hrs.

6. I am doing alot better. baby is nursing well and i am getting back the energy i lost from loosing too much blood. if u want to see her pic u can visit my yahoo profile http://profiles.yahoo.com/punkwoman1982

[Viriditas]

1. Baby's name - Sage Patrick
2. Baby due date - December 5th
3. Baby's birthday - November 24th, Thanksgiving!
4. Sex and weight/height - Male, 7lbs. 13oz., 19.5"
5. How long you were in labor - 14 hrs. (+3 for the placenta)
6. How are you doing? - Still a little sore down south, peeing is not fun. Other than that, I'm fantastic, Sage is a great sleeper and is now learning to latch quite well. Dh and I are learning the ropes and loving every minute of it!

[bucaye]

1. Baby's name - Robert Harrison (Bobby)
2. Baby due date - November 29
3. Baby's birthday - November 22
4. Sex and weight/height - Boy 6 lbs 5 oz (but the L/D scale was off- so probably 6 lbs 12 oz, that's what he wieghed 12 hours later)
19 1/2 inches
5. How long you were in labor - My water broke at 3:30 am, really good contrax to birth = 3 1/2 hours
6. How are you doing? - We are happy we are home. Had a truly wonderful birth. Bobby is nursing like a champ. At 6 days old, he is 6 lbs 15 oz. My pediatrician is very happy. He's very healthy and the whole family is deeply in love with him.

[amygoforth]

Drew Owen G.

1. Baby's name - Drew Owen
2. Baby due date - 12/1/05
3. Baby's birthday - 11/29/05
4. Sex and weight/height - Boy, 7lbs, 15oz / 19 3/4 inches
5. How long you were in labor - Total, 25 1/2 hours (10 1/2 hours hard)
6. How are you doing? - Fantastic! This homebirth experience was incredible. Terrifying and beautiful. The hardest thing I've ever done in my life, yet I'd do it all over again.

[ldsapmom]

1. Baby's name - Jonas Nathaniel
2. Baby due date - November 27th
3. Baby's birthday - November 27th
4. Sex and weight/height - Boy; 8lbs,2oz, 21 1/2"
5. How long you were in labor - Just under 6 hours
6. How are you doing? - Great I'm in love.

[iris0110]

1. Baby's name - Tharen Frost
2. Baby due date -12-6-05
3. Baby's birthday -12-1-05 1:31 AM
4. Sex and weight/height -Boy, 8lbs 8.9ozs, 22 inches long
5. How long you were in labor -15 hours with 1.5 hours of pushing
6. How are you doing? -Recovering slowly from some complications. I am so happy to finally be home with my new love. He couldn't be more perfect.

[dewlady]

1.baby's name: Opal Elizabeth
2.baby's due date: 12/20/05
3.bab'y birthday:11/26/05
4.sex and weight/height: girl, 5lb 9 oz, 17 in
5.how long were you in labor: from start of steady contractions, 3 hours. water had been broken over 50 hours!
6.how are you: we are so good. no tears, easy birth, i feel exceptionally well.

[StrawHatBrat]

1. Baby's name - Carmen Alexandra
2. Baby due date - 12-5-05
3. Baby's birthday - 11-26-05
4. Sex and weight/height - Baby girl. 8lbs11oz 20.5"
5. How long you were in labor - 6pm to 5am
6. How are you doing? - In the babymoon! Doing wonderfully. I'm so in love with my family of 3 girls! (Oh, and of course, my husband )

[starparticle]

1. Baby's name - Leif First Snow
2. Baby due date - 12.6
3. Baby's birthday - 12.1
4. Sex and weight/height - Boy, 7# on the dot, 21.75 inches!
5. How long you were in labor - 4.5 hours
6. How are you doing? - Great! Itchy stiches, but so in love!

[cariadanam]

1. Baby's name -Caitlin Makenah Reese
2. Baby due date - 12/3/05
3. Baby's birthday -12/8/05
4. Sex and weight/height -Girl, 10lbs, lloz, 23inches
5. How long you were in labor -4.5 hours
6. How are you doing? -Terrible I have strep throat and a newborn, but get real happy everytime I look at her

[Spark]

1. Baby's name - Josephine (Joie, pronounced like joey)
2. Baby due date - 12/02/05
3. Baby's birthday - 12/10/05
4. Sex and weight/height - Female, 8 lbs, 4oz, 22 inches
5. How long you were in labor - 1 hour, 40 minutes
6. How are you doing? - REally well. No tears, no need for a Peri bottle. Totally blissed out relishing my newborn. Trying to find our rhythm in a house with 5 family members. Trying to catch some semblance of sleep.

[chestnut]

1. Baby's name - Have not decided yet?!?!?
2. Baby due date -December 6th
3. Baby's birthday - December 4th
4. Sex and weight/height - Girl, 7# - 10 oz
5. How long you were in labor - 2 hours
6. How are you doing? - great

[PatchPixie]

Findley Dare is here!!

1. Baby's name - Findley Dare
2. Baby due date - 12/12/05 - 12/19/05
3. Baby's birthday - 12/15/05
4. Sex and weight/height - girl, 7 lbs. 3 oz., 19 3/4 inches
5. How long you were in labor - 24 hours
6. How are you doing? - feeling sore - but still on a baby high - totally IN LOVE and blissed out!!!!

[xkoliex]

1. Baby's name - Victoria Rose
2. Baby due date - 12/01/05
3. Baby's birthday - 12/05/05
4. Sex and weight/height - female 7lbs 12oz/ 21in
5. How long you were in labor - 15 hours plus one hour of pushin
6. How are you doing? - Good, tired, a little overwhelmed at times, but good...

[kb225]

1. Baby's name -Rachel Danica

2. Baby due date -Dec.10

3. Baby's birthday -November 23

4. Sex and weight/height - Girl 8 lbs. 6 ozs.
5. How long you were in labor - 4 1/2 hours
6. How are you doing? - Great! I feel much better now that I'm not pg. I have hemmorriods for quite a while. But now all is well and we are getting in a routine.

[Spookygirl]

1. Baby's name - Jack Andrew
2. Baby due date - 12/3/05
3. Baby's birthday - 12/12/05
4. Sex and weight/height - Boy 7lbs, 13ozs
5. How long you were in labor - 8 hours
6. How are you doing? - pretty good

[persephone3]

1. Baby's name - Alice Fae
2. Baby due date - 12/19/05
3. Baby's birthday - 12/13/05
4. Sex and weight/height - girl, 6 lbs. 3 oz, 19" long
5. How long you were in labor - about 12 hours, although I wasn't *sure* it was labor until about 6 1/2 hours before her birth
6. How are you doing? - great! I mean, considering I gave birth 5 days ago. I really have a pretty easy recovery - no stitches, only 2 superficial tears/stretches, and no 'roids or anything like that. I had a totally unmedicated birth, although since I've been downing the ibuprofen. I am so totally in love with my new little fae girl!

[xmasbaby7]

Baby's name - Catherine Dorothy "Kate"
Baby's due date - 12/8/05
Baby's birthday - 12/14/05
sex and weight/height - girl; 9 lbs., 4 oz. / 21"
How long were you in labor? - 29 hours (in bed, in the tub and in front of the radiator)
How are you doing? - Very pleased. My first birth was not particularly difficult in any way other than that it was long.