New Baby Congratulations!!

[Jennifer H]

Let's use this thread to give congratulations! I will start another thread for congratulations to go on!! This will keep our birth stories thread more pure and easier to read.

Yes, I'm stealing this from the August board!

I'll ask the admin to sticky this one.

[Snowbaby]

Midwifer!!! yeah!!! Congratulations!!! OMG, it's sooooooooo exciting to hear of our first July baby being born healthy and strong! It makes it all so real. Lots of blessings to your little one!!!

[majazama]

Midwifer~~Yeah!! you are the first of us. I hope to see pictures...:fingersx:

[ChildoftheMoon]

Midwifer!!!!!!!!!! :love Congratulations!!!! :balloons :balloons :balloons
Wishing you a blissful babymoon.
Brandi :love

[Threefold]

Congratulations Midwifer! Can't wait to read your birth story!!!!!

[Jennifer H]

MIDWIFER - just read your birth story! What a beautiful birth!!! Congratulations on the addition of Baby Sy to your family!

[mLeroux]

Congrats on your new baby! I just read your birth story and it was moving...send me some quick labor vibes (mine seem to drag till no end).

Take care and happy baby moon.

Michelle

[gigismom]

Wow!! Congratulations midwifer!! What an amazing birth story!!

[luvinmama]

:balloons
Way to go midwifer!!! I'm holding back tears thinking about you and your wonderful new addition. Congratulations!!!!!!!! :balloons
:twothumbs

[candleofthought]

midwifer~ what a great story!!! How nice that you went a lil early and only had a 40 min labor!!! I hope that sets the tone for the rest of us!!!!!

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!!!

And to Foo!!! Finally she's here!! Congratulations!! :love

ebethmom! what a great birth story..and an 8 pounder!!! Congratulations!

[Piglet68]

Congrats, Foo on the birth of Moo!!!!

:balloons :girlpin :balloons :girlpin

Thinking of you and with love....

[ChildoftheMoon]

Yeah Foo! So happy that you are finally holding that baby! Wishing you a joyful babymoon!
Brandi :love

[butterflyma]

:balloons :balloons Congratulations to Foo and Family! :balloons :balloons

[Jennifer H]

Congratulations Foobar and Family!! She is gorgeous!!! :love

[happay]

Congrats Foo! Moo is so beautiful!! :)

[midwifer]

Congratulations Foo! She is just perfect!

[majazama]

:carrotYeah, mleroux!!!! I really like the name samaya:love

[Mamma2Addison]

:balloons

Wow, I just looked on the due date list and saw how many July babies have made their appearance!

Many congratulations to everyone and happy babymoon :love

[ChildoftheMoon]

Congrats Michelle!!!!!!!! Welcome baby girl :love

[Snowbaby]

Yeah!!! Congratulations, Eilonwy and mLeroux!!

Wow, now we're on a roll.... keep on coming little babies!!

[Foobar]

Congrats to the new mommas,Eilonwy and mLeroux!

I keep checking in to see who was born!!!!

[ChildoftheMoon]

Congrats on the arrival of your son :2bfbabe: I am so happy for you!

Brandi :love

[majazama]

Congrats butterflyma and ebethmom!!!:love can't wait to see pics and/or read stories:love

[williamsmommy2002]

Ebethmom- Congrats on the arrival of Lila. Enjoy your babymoon. :love

[Mamma2Addison]

Congratulations Ebethmom and welcome Lila! Happy babymoon!

[Artisan]

Congratulations Ebethmom! Sounds like all went well. Enjoy your new babe.

[ChildoftheMoon]

Congrats ebethmom!!!! Welcome Lila!!!!! :love Wishing you a lovely babymoon.

Brandi :love

[Snowbaby]

Welcome little Lila!!!

[Foobar]

Congrats Ebethmom!!!!!! I loved your story!

[midwifer]

I haven't visited for awhile. Wow, there are so many July babies, how great! Congrats to you all!!! I can't wait to read more birth stories.

[Threefold]

Congrats *Mamajaza*!
:love
Your photos are stunning!
I can't wait to read your birth story!

[happay]

Congrats Mamajaza! You all look wonderful. Thanks for sharing your special moments and your pictures with us! Let us know her name when she has one!

[butterflyma]

:balloons Congratulations Ebethmom, Nohiddenfees, Gigismom, Mama2addison and Mamajaza! :balloons

[Jennifer H]

:champagne Congrats to all of our new July mamas! And a big welcome to all of our babies!! :champagne

[idocrase]

Congratulations to all mamas and babies! I love reading the birth stories, and seeing pictures. : )

-cheryl

[happay]

and congrats to you idocrase (cheryl) what a wonderful early suprise! Thanks for posting your story!

[flitters]

CONGRATULATIONS HAPPAY!!!

and congrats to all the other july mamas!

[idocrase]

Congratulations Happay --
Thanks for posting your story! I was glad to read it and am smiling that although things don't go as planned, the endings are great. :) Sounds like you bounced back from the shock faster than I did, which is good. Maybe births are kinda like weddings...I've never attended a wedding that went exactly the way it was planned. ;)

[Mamma2Addison]

Just popping in to say congrats to the new mommies ~ enjoy your babymoon!

[Threefold]

Congratulations Oceanbaby!
:love :love :love

[butterflyma]

Congratulations Joni and baby boy!
& Congratulations to all the other new arrivals and their mamas!!!! :love

[Liba]

Esther Rivka was born July 13th at 1:31pm She was 38weeks 4 days 6lbs 1.4oz and 20" long.

The birth was pretty good. I liked my second birth better LOL Besides the leg pain during labor which I had no mechanism to cope with it was easy though. One hour of active hard labor and no pushing. I didn't rip or tear at all. I really don't feel post partum! I have barely bled and have been running around since the evening she was born.

The evening she was born is another story all together. I noticed that she was blue around her mouth, nose and chin and pointed it out to the nurse who told me it was normal buising from a precipitous birth. She had me bring her to the nursery to check her O2 saturation to make me feel better. Well it didn't make me feel better. Her oxygen saturation was in the low 80s and every time we moved her or another baby cried it dropped into the 60s- 70s and she got dusky colored from head to toe. It was scary. She ended up in the NICU and on antibiotics while they waited for a blood culture (48hours). She wasn't alowed to nurse for 14 hours which was torture for both of us. We already had an established nursing relationship and I hate pumping! She ended up with a pacifier (because she wasn't allowed oral feedings) and in disposable diapers (they know what the sposies weigh and each of them gets weighed when it gets taken off to determine urine output). The whole NICU experience was depressing despite the excelent care and the very very nice nurses.

We are home now, and Esther Rivka seems to be doing okay. She does still have trouble keeping her body temperature and gets a bit blue around the mouth and forehead when she gets chilled so we are keeping her warm! Good thing it is summer :D

I love my little baby!!

Here are some pictures:
http://webpages.charter.net/liba/esther.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/liba/ERZ71604.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/liba/familyjuly132004.jpg

She is nursing well now and sleeping 3-4 hour stretches at night. The pacifiers they used in the hospital actually seemed to help her latch LOL I never expected that. The nipple on the pacifier was big and she opens her mouth better now than she did before she was given it. The package says it was designed by a lactation consultant and I actually believe it! I am still happy that she doesn't need it now, but it is nice that it didn't hurt our nursing relationship :)

I am in love!

Liba, mommy to three girls :love Zlata Tova 5/6/98 Tziporah Faiga 1/12/01 and Esther Rivka 7/13/04

[midwifer]

Many congratulations to all these mamas and babes, enjoy your sweet newborn period. Also, what wonderful, creative names!
~ Eilonwy - 6/24/04 - 7:15pm - Sadie Rivkah - by emergency c-section - 6lb, 13oz. - 19"
~ mLeroux - 7/1/04 - 7:20am - ? - at home - 6lb, 12oz - 18 3/4"
~ Butterflyma - 7/1/04 - 8:15 am - Caiden - ? - ? - ?
~ Ebethmom - 7/3/04 - 9:13 pm - Lila Kerry - 8 lb - 19"
~ p1gg1e - 7/5/04 - 6:12am - Willa Emilia - 7lb 4oz - 20"
~ NoHiddenFees - 7/6/04 - 12:50pm - Greer Isabel - 7lb 15oz - 19 1/4"
~ M&MSMAMA - 7/8/04 - 6:47am - Sydney Jane - 9lb - 21"
~ gigismom - 7/8/04 - 1:21pm - Selma - 8lb 12oz - 21 1/4"
~ mamajaza - 7/9/04 - 12:53pm - Samaya Zion - unassisted in the tub - 7lb 8oz
~ Mamma2Addison - 7/10/04 - 9:06am - Maia Grace - at the hospital - 9lb 1oz
~Hera - 7/11/04 - Sylvie Faye - at home
~ williamsmommy2002 - 7/13/04 - 11:12am - Parker Holden - at the hospital - 8lb 12oz - 23"
~ Oceanbaby - 7/13/04 - 11:08pm - BOY - at home in the tub -8lbs 2oz - 21"
~ Snowbaby - 7/14/04 - 12:54pm - Daphne Agatina - at the hospital - 8lb 8oz - 21"
~ Wolfmom - 7/19/04 - Shenandoah Jenette - at home - 9lb 6oz -20 1/4"

[midwifer]

Child of the moon, my heart aches for you and your family. Many wishes of love. She sounds like an angel.


A SPECIAL JULY ANGEL

Child of the Moon - 7/19/04 - 11pm - Galadriel Marie - born still at home - 5lb 4oz - 17"
"She is beautiful. She has her daddy's feet, dark brown curly hair, and red ruby lips"

Always one of our July babies whether in this world or the next.