A Wonderful New Addition

Hello Everyone

Great News.  Our own Nadia has delivered a new bundle of joy.  Our new blushing boy was born at 11:45 last night.  Mom and baby are doing great. 

I was fortunate enough to witness the delivery of "our" little one. As you may or may not know, I don't have any children.  So watching the birthing process was quite an experience.

So here are the Top 10 things that I learned from watching the birthing process.

1. Medicine is your friend.  It can take a woman from a candidate in the exorcist to an angel without wings.
2. Once the transition to angel is accomplished, the characters from men in black come in and erase the new moms brain.  This must be the case because the new mom does not remember the incidents and language used before the medicine was administered.
3. During the labor process, non-moms will declare celibacy with every contraction.  Just to be extra sure that this doesn't happen to her.
4. A labor pain can throw a bustling hospital room into complete silence
5. Each stage of the process yields a better room. The "labor room" was like an efficiency apartment.  Small, little amenities and some shared facilities. The birthing room was like a condo. Bigger. More private, bright, and sunny. The recovery room was like a penthouse.
   Flat screen tv's, made to order breakfast, and a comfy couch.
6. During the labor process, the baby will come when THEY are ready.  No matter how much you try to negotiate with them through the belly.
7. Said lack of compliance yields much frustration with the baby that is completely forgotten as soon as the top of that wonderful little head peeks out.
8. The decision that "This is the last baby" can be made by the mother alone and communicated in a loud, stern manner to the husband in between each push.  
9. You can learn a lot from great doctors and wont be grossed out.  Nadia's sister, husband, and I got a quick lesson on the job of the placenta.  It may sound gross to some, but she made it quite interesting.
10. Once the new baby is held, the men in black show up again and wipe away all non-moms previous vows of celibacy and she is once again open to thoughts of having her own.

Thank god for our wonderful blushing boy.

Blushing Ladies Speak

What have you learned from the birthing process?  Non-moms, what have your learned from your friends birthing experiences?