my pregnancy buddy, erin had her little girl mia on wednesday morning at 10am or so. mia is absolutely gorgeous, this iphone photo doesn't do her any justice. she has adorable little pink lips and a lovely head of hair. she was quite a lot to push out at 7lbs, 14oz but erin is a tough cookie and she kept at it for around an hour and a half. erin had planned to be induced on tuesday night at 8pm. she went to the hospital and was already having some contractions before the doctor even touched her. a little while later her water broke. so, lucky for her no inducing. i'm still learning about labor and delivery but i've heard being induced is not fun. my mom said you go from nothing to hard labor really quickly. it doesn't sound good.
i was able to try one of the calming methods my friends mike and tanya told me about. they said that babies like to be kind of moved around rhythmically in conjunction with the sound, "shh shhh shhh shhh." it's not that you're rudely shushing the baby, it's more like you're trying to replicate some of the womb sounds the baby has been hearing. when erin handed me her daughter, she started fussing right away. the moving and shh shh shh worked like a charm.
a few months ago my mom told me that holding a newborn for a sustained amount of time is hard work on your arms. i have to admit i was skeptical of this. i used to work out and i'm used to being strong in the arm region. ok no. after holding mia for around 15 minutes my biceps felt wrecked. i called yen right away from the hospital parking lot and told him that we need to start doing bicep curls at night. i'm going to get up a little early tomorrow morning so i can add arms to my workout.
erin's longshoreman husband steve won't have any trouble carrying this little bundle around but i predict erin will have some pretty sore arms for the next few weeks until she builds popeye-like muscles. congratulations erin and steve!! you made one beautiful little girl.
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