I can’t tell you how freakin excited I am right now. Our friends, Justin and Chelsea, just gave birth to their first baby. I just got off the phone with her, and she sounds sooo happy and sooo in love with her baby girl (which is awesome, seeing how she isn’t even a “baby person”). She was a total Rockstar– in labor all day. Her doula, a girl who was in my brother’s Torrey class and now attends St. Barnabas in Costa Mesa, sounds like she was a huge blessing to have at the hospital (St. Jude’s).
Man, I already had baby fever. This just took it to a whole new level. I’m officially declaring– I cannot wait to have another one! Sure, labor sucks (on the phone, Chelsea kept saying, “now, THAT part wasn’t fun!” to which I kept responding, “um, is ANY of it fun?”) but that after-birth high? Where you are gazing in awe at this beautiful creature who was inside of you for almost a year? There is nothing, NOTHING like it. The greatest high on earth. Hands down.
Baby Shelby still doesn’t have a name, but even if she did, I wouldn’t write about it here, as it’s their story to tell. But I did feel the need to say just how utterly ecstatic I am for them!!! The one picture I did see, however, is super cute (I think she looks like Justin).
Related postsBirth Class #2 |
Birth Story Inspiration |
Good Blog Post |
Anthony’s 1 year old! |
Christina says
Was the doula Robin?
And congrats to them!
Morielle says
haha…I was just going to ask the same thing: was Robin their doula?
Kelly says
Yup! Apparently, she’s amazing! I’m so glad she was able to be there for the Shelbys.
Kelly says
Also, Christina, who’s your midwife again?
Christina says
Well, I’m with Kaiser. I’ve seen both Sheri Moreno and Laura Garcia, plus an OB. I get whichever midwife is on duty when I arrive at the hospital. Anyway, the midwives have been great and I’ve heard great things about the nurses at the hospital!