Mila was born July 23
Weight 3361g (7 lbs 6.6 oz), Length 54cm (20.5 in.)
Sorry about the grainy cell phone picture...I have misplaced the cable to our digital camera
Dina had the biggest physical test I've ever seen a human being go through. Just in being there and "supporting" her, I am exhausted and could not walk very well for a few hours. She had a very hard labor that lasted for more than 3 days, but she wouldn't give up and things finally started going our way during the early morning hours so that she was able to go into the final stage of labor and push the baby out from about 9am to 11:50am.
There are, of course many details as to why this was such a hard labor, but the most amazing thing was Dina's physical ability to undergo the labor and the pain, and the baby's strength. If the baby had gotten stressed, then it would have been a problem, but she was strong and only got into stress at the very end when she was being pushed out. She was exhausted by the time it was all over and was a little bit blue, but her color improved quickly and now she is rested and getting strong quickly.
Dina is also recovering nicely. She lost a lot of blood, but she has already replaced most of it the nurses say, and she actually got up to walk around much to the amazement to everyone.
Little Mila's head is a bit bruised and mis-shapen due to the fact that they had to use forcepts on her (very sad thing to witness), but she is recovering from that pretty quickly.
I'll send more pictures when I find the right cable to our camera.
9 comments:
Congrats! She's beautiful! And, she has one tough mom to look up to! Rachael, Jason, Cody & Miles
Congrats..! Cute baby. Most of the time I too use my camera phone for photography.
Congratulations Clay and Dina!! She is absolutely beautiful. Way to go Dina...you are amazing. The fun part begins!
Kristi B.
Congratulations to all of you! Mila is gorgeous and looks like Dina! Glad everybody is recovering well.
Best Wishes from Jeri and David
Wow! What a cutie. And, a lucky baby to come into the world with you two as parents. Congratulations! Cyndi & Mike
Hey, great looking little girl. Cathy and I send our very best wishes. And don't worry about those delivery issues. My daughter Emily had a big bruise under her eye from the forceps and now she's a kickboxer! Thanks for all the pictures.
Bill and Cathy
Congrats on squeezing out such a beauty! Now watch how fast she grows...relish every moment of this infant time.
Dina, welcome to the club of moms who can tell gruesome stories of endurance about their childbirth experiences....3 days!?! Yikes!!
Tina
Dina, Clay,
Congratulations !!!
What a start of being a parent ... and this is just the beginning. ;-)
Enjoy the ride!
Lucy & Martin
with
Jason and Sophia
Congratulations Dina and Clay! Mila is beautiful (she looks like Liza in a few pictures above)!
And, wow, 3 days of labor...sure it may be too soon to see the bright side of that, but think about how much mileage you'll get out of it when she doesn't eat her string beans or misbehaves...
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