On Weds October 14, 2009 – Nora was born.  Mom labored for 26 hours and then pushed for 4 after all that hard work went nowhere Nora was delivered via an emergency c-section. She was born 22″ (55.88 cm) long, 8lbs 9 oz (3,883.88 g) and absolutely perfect in every way. Candice’s Mother and I were in the operatory for the section – a slight departure from the SOP for the OR team, I guess. Once Nora was freed from her predicament it became readily apparent why she couldn’t come out the old fashioned way- she was stuck on one of mom’s pubic bones and was never going to come free.

It was what experts would call a difficult birth.

Mom and baby spent the next 3 days in the hospital recovering from their joint ordeal- the hospital stay wasn’t really fun for them, but I’ll leave that for Candice to describe. It wasn’t really fun, since there was NO space for me to hang around and less privacy and her room-mates were really annoying.

Nora smiling and holding my finger

We came home on Saturday and went over to new grandma and granddad’s place so that they could spend some quality time with their new granddaughter and so Candice and I could get a nap- part of the annoying part of her hospital stay was that the room-mates stayed up all night nattering.

Sunday was much of the same, only with football. Everyone is a football fan- so Nora got to watch her first games.

On Monday we had our first “Well Baby” appointment. Nora has started to put weight back on and we got the happy news that we didn’t have to wake her every 2 hours to feed at night anymore- but we could wait until she woke up and demanded food. That means more sleep but ruder awakenings at night if we don’t wake when she starts to stir.

I took this week off to help out around the house- because of the c-section Candice really can’t do a whole lot- so I’ve been doing my best impression of a butler. I’m pretty bad at it but at least I’m trying, right?

Anyhow, she’s captured my heart in her little tiny hands. She also has a mischievous little grin which spells trouble.

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