Lemony Webbles

Teresa Dorothy!!!

In case you missed it in the comments section of the last post, Teresa was born February 20 at 3:05am. It was very cozy and private to give birth in the middle of the night. We had a great experience with the hospital staff- Ray the gentle midwife with a twinkle in his eye, Jessica our doula who sang with me and said all the right things, a spot-on lactation consultant who helped short-tongued Teresa get coordinated for nursing, and many many competent, polite, and helpful nurses. The labor went really well- more on that in another post- with very little fear and lots of good support . Teresa surprised me by being littler than I thought she would be- 6 lb 14 oz, just an oz less than Georgia was- and 19 in long. She came out relatively calm with a few well placed yells of protest. She has dark hair and dark eyes so far, Grandma Amy's chin, my toes and fingers, and Billy's cute nose. She's very healthy and not a super sensitive baby, so she's relatively easy to take care of. She's got a special look of happy anticipation that she gives me when she wants to nurse. It's very winning. Here are a few early pictures:

Teresa Dorothy Baker in her hospital duds

Amia welcoming her new friend (they were born in the same room with the same midwife!)

Liz and Nate oo-ing

Liza welcoming Teresa

Amia, Georgia, Teresa and Liza playgroup

Jessica our wonderful doula

Posted by Bahiyyih at February 23, 2005 05:58 PM