velvetpage: (fairy dance)
velvetpage ([personal profile] velvetpage) wrote2006-05-21 01:37 am

Trailing clouds of glory...




Hello to my wife's friend list. This [livejournal.com profile] pyat writing on [livejournal.com profile] velvetpage's behalf.

Claire Michelle arrived by c-section at 10:21 PM, May 20th. She was 3.55 KG, or 7 lbs, 13 oz. No complications, everyone is doing fine. [livejournal.com profile] velvetpage is feeling good. Claire scored all 9s on her APGAR tests, and took to breast-feeding immediately. There is some concern that the balls of her hip joints may not be quite properly in place, but this is a relatively common and minor problem with no probable long-term consequences. As for me, I looked very dapper in green scrubs with a pink wooly toque in my breast pocket. I'm home now because we couldn't get a private room - I'll be back at the hospital in about seven hours.

I thought I would have a great deal more to say, but I'll let the photos speak for me.


Claire, about five minutes after entering the world.


First family photo, still in the O.R.


[livejournal.com profile] velvetpage's mother takes her first look, in the recovery room.

[identity profile] hillarygayle.livejournal.com 2006-05-21 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Plus, what is UP with her being so flawlessly porcelain & pale? Too gorgeous for the redpurplewrinkly stage? ^o^ I have seen other babies after 5 minutes, and dang. Claire is definitely taking the cake in the "pretty" category. Wow.

[identity profile] mairesue.livejournal.com 2006-05-21 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I know look at her porcelain skin. Perfect!

[identity profile] foomf.livejournal.com 2006-05-21 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently C-sections don't squeeze out the charming.