more pictures
If anyone wants to see some more pictures, here is a
little gallery!
moose – Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:05
And then there were three
I feel like I’am in minor shock. I am sure it will take a while to sink
in but I am a Dad now.
What a Wednesday it was today. Induction (by pessary) started at 08:35, I will
spare all the gory details but Jacob Edward Green was Born at 18:08, 8lb 5oz,
51cm long by natural delivery, Mum and Baby are well.
I feel so privileged to have been there, I feel so proud of Kate for being so
strong, she made it through with only TENS (some electric zaping device) &
ENTONOX (Gas & Air).
It makes me feel almost guilty in a way as two of our friends that were due
around when we were both lost their babies within the first trimester. I have
had a problem talking to them about it because I don’t know what to say,
I can only now appreciate how much pain they must have felt (one miscarried and
one was stillborn). This little gift of new life is so amazing and so precious,
I can only now get a feeling of how difficult it must be to lose a child.
On another note, I thought I would be struggling and unsure what to do whilst
helping Kate today but it seemed to come from somewhere else. I must have been
blessed with some help from God and some primal instinct that meant I knew what
to do and say. I was given Jacob for a few minutes while the midwives looked
after Kate and it felt like an amazing spiritual experience, I felt like we
bonded (I did go for the whole "bear the beer belly" to the world and
get skin to skin contact with my new slimy, bloody baby.) I was petrified for a
lot of the time, but when I felt scared, I looked at Kate and thought
"what have I got to be scared about?"
...Oh and yes, for those of you who are interested (and can remember our
wedding), I did boo straight away for about 5 minutes as soon as Jacob emerged
into the world!
moose – Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:16
work week...
I’m having Wednesday off! If the Baby hasn’t come by tomorrow night
it will be induced on Wednesday
I’m quite scared about the whole thing. It can’t be natural for the
little thing to be forced out against it’s will and not on it’s
timeplan.
It will be a whole long wait over but I am now begninning to get quite
petrified by both being a dad and watching / helping with (gulp) the delivery
of our baby.
moose – Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:30
Incredible(s)
You just have to visit pixar.com
I’m a really really big fan of their stuff, I mean REALLY BIG.
When we saw "Finding Nemo" at the Cinema, they had the trailer for
their next project
"The Incredibles" and boy does this one look like it will be
a bundle of laughs. I had to download it to watch a few times, it still makes
me laugh when I see it.
moose – Thu, 05 Mar 2004 13:11
life and...
I was thinking the other day that the most precious thing in the world is time.
It struck me that for the first time, I disagreed with John Lennon "All
you need is love...", because without time you cannot love.
I was coming home and realised that the time was ticking on us, our long
awaited baby is nearly here (now overdue) and that even time with it (as yet
unknown gender) is also going to be precious.
It just made me want to live for the moment and enjoy each second of each day,
to make more records of life, photographically and webographically, so here it
is... the beginning of the mooseworks blog.
moose – Tue, 03 Mar 2004 16:10
