Mommy and baby are both doing well.
Baby caught us by surprise. She was due near the end of January and was hitting all her tests and milestones just right, but she decided to make her surprise debut before the end of the year.
She’s technically premature but she has passed all the medical tests and she latches and feeds without difficulty. So it seems she really was ready to come out. She’s quite tiny, but so is her mama.
We planned for as natural a birth as possible, but since the baby was premature and in breach, we had to have a c-section. Mom is of course in pain but is recovering as well as could be expected. She and baby are cuddled up right now as I write this.
Neither of us has slept much, of course, though I’ve probably snatched more sleep than she has. We might be out of the hospital as early as tomorrow. Because the baby’s so small, she has to be tested in our car safety seat tonight. She’s a really calm baby, but the test will almost certainly make her fussy.
