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It’s A Girl!
Posted Aug 17, 2005 by Clarisa Gerlach
Updated Sep 16, 2005 at 01:42 PM
Saylor Faith was born at 2:42 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11.
She was 6 pounds, 13 ounces and 19 inches long.
I can’t get over how tiny she is! She is pure joy. I am really appreciating every second of it this time because I remember how quickly this stage passes.
Here is a photo of Saylor on her second day of life at TGH. I also had my first daughter, Summer, at TGH and I can’t say enough good things about the nurses there.
Call me crazy, but I had a natural childbirth again. I admit, I did ask for an epidural this time (I wanted to rest so badly), but my midwife said I was really close to having my baby and she was right. My mom friends told me it was easier the second time around and that was definitely true in my case.
Here is a photo of my midwife, Gayle. I had my pre-natal care with the group of midwives at Women’s Health Care. Saylor is just minutes old in this photo.
Even though my pregnancy is over, I will continue blogging. There is still a lot of territory to cover: breastfeeding (ouch!), sibling rivalry (double ouch!), how to juggle everything, etc. I hope to gain some valuable insight from all the moms out there.
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Reader Comments
Posted by (Melissa) on August 18, 2005
CONGRAT on your baby girl. Beautiful girl and beautiful name. Enjoy the pink and purple while you can, they grow up so fast.
Posted by (Cyndi O'Brion) on August 19, 2005
Saylor Faith is gorgeous!! How blessed you must feel!! Enjoy her!!
Posted by (Kristen Bishop) on August 20, 2005
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter-She is beautiful! Congratulations on your natural childbirth. That is really awesome. I had two children with epidurals and two without and prefer natural any day. I hope that you girls will do some coverage on natural childbirth and the benefits because woman deserve the experience of bringing life into the world unmedicated. I applaud you!!
Posted by (Laurella) on August 20, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS! SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
It was so nice to read you went natural, that just doesn’t happen much anymore. When my children were born sixteen and eighteen years ago people said I was crazy to go without an epidural, but it was something I felt very strongly about. Good for you for holding on and being patient. Enjoy your new daughter.
Posted by (maureen) on August 23, 2005
Congrats! Good luck with the breastfeeding. For me the first couple months of breastfeeding were worse than the labor pains. I just weaned my 13 month old and I miss it so much! Just remember that the pain goes away and it does get better (that’s what everyone told me and I thought they were full of it, but they turned out to be right). Beautiful baby and beautiful name!
Posted by (Brenda) on August 24, 2005
Congrats on your new baby she is so beautiful!!! And you are so lucky she was only 6 lbs,I was 4 days early with my last and she was 9 lbs 7 1/2 ounces.
congrats again from me and my girls.
Posted by (Cindy) on September 06, 2005
I came across your diary on your pregancy and I thought this was a neat thing to do.
I wanted to congratulate you on your new arrival. She is a beautiful little girl. Good luck with your daughters.