She was born at 1:17 am on Sunday, August 10th, 2008, after 9 hours of incredibly painful but all natural labor and birth. She was 7 pounds and 7 ounces, and just short of 21 inches long.
My birthing team was utterly amazing. J was at my side the entire time, as was my friend R, and their calm support and love helped me keep it together and labor at home for as long as possible. We arrived at the hospital around midnight, and the baby was born just over an hour later. We managed to be get checked out and get back home by Sunday afternoon, which was great.
I will post a more detailed birth story and more pictures soon.
25 comments:
congratulations, again and again.
she's beautiful. you rock.
Fantastic news! Congratulations.
BTW, J and Ocean are *SO* cute!
I may die from the cuteness, congrats again :)
OMG! JUST SOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! Conratulations! Can't wait to hear more of it all and see tons of pics! :)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
she is just gorgeous and i'm so glad that you had the birth experience you were hoping for. bebe and i can't wait to meet her!
sending you lots of love.
Congratulations! You are a beautiful family.
So beautiful.
I am overwhelmed.
Congratulations.
awww, how beautiful!!
Yahoo! Congratulations! What a cutie! And yay to you for creating the kind of birth you wanted.
I am SO happy for you! Can't wait to meet Ocean!
Congratulations! You all look very happy.
aw she's precious - beautiful name - congratulations!
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!! so glad to hear it went well. and what a cutie, she is. i can't wait to meet her! and to see her hot mama!
Congrats Angela! And I've gotta say, as someone who has seen a lot of newborns lately, she is absolutely gorgeous... What a great complexion for a newborn.
Aw! You're all just stunning!
Welcome, Ocean, and happy baby moon, A!
Congrats! did you give birth in NYC would love to knwo what hospital . Natural birth ! You Rock !
congrats!
CONGRATS! I am Jonna's cousin, Rosemary. I am currently 37 weeks pregnant. Your baby is just so beautiful. Best of luck to you and your family.
yeah yeah yeah, what a doll, way to go proud mama and crew!! So happy for you!
Welcome Ocean!
Congrats!!! She is so beautiful - and what a perfectly fitting name! The pictures are fantastic - so serene, happy, glowing and queer! It brings tears to my eyes!
Congratulations!
Hey! Where did you go??? Are you coming back to tell us how motherhood has been treating you?? I am anxiously awaiting your story! Hope you write again soon. Best Wishes!
Congratulations!!! Hope to meet you and Ocean someday :)
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