maya

our amazing little maya is here with us, sleeping now, making all kinds of funny gurgles and snorts, flexing her hands and feet, in our treehouse bedroom...

 

i am dizzy with love, excitement and awe- for those of you who this is the first news, i'm sorry, but it's been a big few days.

 

maya was born about 8pm on the 12th (one day early for grandma bernie's birthday), after 12 hours of easy labour, with the three of us (four really- thanks mum) working as a perfect team to birth her gently. we only needed a midwife to catch her! (i'd hardly been looked at, let alone had an internal, after just a couple of hours at the birth centre).

 

she was born with open eyes and thick black hair, slipperywet and very calm. she is still calm, but no longer slippery!

 

she weighed 3.7 kg at birth, measures a very tall 53cm in length and is beautiful. and very healthy (passed all tests). she's learning to feed like a pro, and lucky for us still sleeping lots.

 

adrian and i are both in amazement still, and  can't stop congratulating each  other and her!

 

enough, i'm going back to watch my baby now! photos coming soon...

 

xxxx cat, ad and maya