announcing: Madeleine Annette
July 26th, 2007
So, baby girl #2 has arrived.
The nitty gritty:
Madeleine Annette
7.25.07 @ 2:16am
7lbs 5 oz.
19 3/4 in.
We’ve dubbed the labour as being the FAST AND FURIOUS. My water broke @ 10:25pm, just as my mom and I had returned from seeing Ratatouille (mental note: send thankyou to Pixar for putting me into labour). By 11pm we were at the hospital — these are the benefits of living a whopping 6 blocks away — and were checked in. I made it known right then that I wanted an epidural, and anytime anyone asked me from that point on the answer was always YES. I think I started begging for “the drug man” by 1:00am. By 1:30am I was definitely not happy.
The “drug man” arrived at 2am, but just as he was prepping me for the epidural I loudly announced (or yelled…): I gotta push! The nurses said: What? And I iterated again: I gotta push! Well, Dr. Drug was not done and was instructed to abandon epidural and just give me a spinal. He had 30 sec. to do it before I was on my back pushing. Baby arrived @ 2:16am, spinal took effect @ 2:20am. So, I ended up having a natural 4hr labour. Not exactly the plan… but then we’ve concluded that birth plans are stupid because birthing never goes according to a written down plan. Never.
Anyway, Madeleine is afflicted with the same issue that we had with Maja in that she and I have incompatible blood types, which causes jaundice. So, starting mid-afternoon on the 25th and continuing until tomorrow morning (hopefully not longer) she’s in the tanning bed here doing phototherapy.
There are a bunch of pictures up on my Flickr account. Enjoy.
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Congratulations. She’s beautiful. Sorry the epidural didn’t come in time but thankfully it was fast.
How exciting for all of you and be sure to congratulate Maja on becoming a big sister.
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Welcome to the family sweet Madeleine!!!
Congratulations Katia, Richard and Maja.
See is absolutely beautiful and looks so much like Maja on her first day.
Hope to see you soon.
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Welcome to the world Madeleine!!! She beautiful! Make sure you rest Katia.. Lots of love to all of you! We wish we could be there
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yippee yippee yippee!!!!
Congrats Katia!!! You’re a lucky girl with that quick labour. All best to you, Richard and Maja.
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Oh, Katia, she is so gorgeous…congtatulations to you & Richard on the successful production of two beautiful girls!
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Congratulations to all of you! She’s beautiful. =)
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Congratulations! Best wishes to you and your growing family!
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Congratulations! She’s just gorgeous, and I really love the name. And Maja looks so happy as a big sister!
Enjoy your newfound family of 4!
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Yay!!!! I love all the pictures, and am so happy for all of you. Madeleine, like her sister, already shows those gorgeous long fingers that are the mark of a musician in the making. Watch out, I’ll snatch them both before long. Hope Emerson is doing okay at home….
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Congratulations! What a beautiful child. Best wishes to all of you!
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Hey Katia!
What a beautiful little girl! Just like her big sister! Congratualtions to you and Richard!
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