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Birthing Baby: One Guy's Somewhat Screwed-Up Perspective Part 1 of n

So, I have witnessed two births in the last 5 months, and thought I'd share my views. First off, a few qualifiers: I am not a doctor. I don't even play one on TV. I've seen two births, and these are my opinions. Both births I've seen were hospital births, and in fact were in the same hospital. By pure luck one in room 205, the other in 204. That said, exactly how you decide to give birth is really a series of choices, some yours, some not. Each of these can be broken into major categories, and just by name it turns out folks can be judgmental about it. "Natural Child Birth" automatically implies that any other option is "unnatural." This seems to apply to every major and minor choice you will make: home or hospital, "natural" or medicated, vaginal or Cesarian. All I can say, having helped a friend through this process, and now having gone through it with my wife, is that no one is allowed to judge the choices you make but you. An
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Welcome Amelia Sue Countryman Walsh

Amelia Sue was born on Wednesday, July 22nd, just before 7pm. She weighed 7 pounds, 16 ounces (sic), and was 20 inches long, for the dimensionally inquisitive. There were no complications for Jeri or Amelia. Pictures can be found here . I'll have to write-up the labor and birthing experience when I get a chance. For those that don't know how it works, basically one human comes OUT OF another human. It is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I'd always given Jeri a lot of respect, because I'm pretty sure she can kick my butt, but after seeing that, I'm certain of it. Huge thanks to Andrea, both for the pre-natal yoga for Jeri, and the help in labor and birthing. Also, the entire staff, nurses and doctors, at CPMC were fantastic. Right now we're adjusting to life with a micro-human. Her schedule is Eat, Sleep, Poop, though not necessarily in that order. Sometimes all three at once. Her "day" is roughly 3 hours long, so she gets about 8 days
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