the ordeal, part 2

Keith was ushered into an adjoining room once I was 'under', and within 10 minutes was aware that Calvin had been born. Obviously I have no memory of what happened, but he tells me that they had to get Calvin breathing and had him under the lights for a while, but he was soon passed to Keith. I'd lost about 3,5 litres of blood (freaks me out, just thinking about it!), so they had to transfuse about 4 units as well as giving me some platelets. Apparently I came out of theatre after 10pm, so it was more than 2 hours. I'm very grateful to the surgeon - she DID do a good job and I have a thin, red line below my current belly (overhang). There weren't really any stitches to see, they were the disolving type. I was pretty exhausted for most of Sunday and don't remember much.
On Monday morning, an old friend of mine, Pohgek, popped in to visit (she'd expected to find me in the antenatal ward, so was a bit surprised to find I'd had the baby) and I was horribly emotional when she walked in - bursting into tears and sobbing. But once I'd had my little moment, I felt much better and it was great to have company.
By Monday afternoon tho' I was feeling much, much better and on Monday night at 11pm they rolled me out of ICU/ HDU and to the post natal ward. I was pretty stoopid tho' and didn't take any pain-killers, so that when I woke up at around 2 or 3 am, I was in A-G-O-N-Y, and had a tiny baby to feed. Thankfully the midwife popped in, took a bottle of formula and fed Calvin while I sat in the bathroom sobbing from pain. Yeah ! the joys.
Tuesday I felt a bit better...
Wednesday I was ready to go home.

Congratulations : Pretoria

My wonderful friend Yolande gave birth to their third child this week - Michiel Petrus Felix. According to daddy, things went along very smoothly. Congratulations friends !

Calvin Richard Guthrie arrives

My placenta and uterus parted company on Saturday evening and I was rushed into theatre for an emergency C-section. Stats : weight 2.5kgs (6lbs); born at 19h31. It was pretty traumatic, and I'll put a more comprehensive report on the blog in the coming days, but for now, enjoy the pics and the good news that our baby boy is safely here, and his mum is making steady progress. Whew ! What an ordeal.

Congratulations : Sydney

Awesome news : my dear friends Geraldine & Andrew in Sydney, Australia, had their baby girl yesterday afternoon. Andrew delivered her in the car park of the hospital because she was in such a hurry to get here. Geraldine and baby are both fine and resting up. Good job, the Dad, we are well impressed!