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From: Margaret Wolfe [mailto:yogaland5@...]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:31 PM
To: yogaland5@...
Subject: [Womens-Inquiry] Fiona Francesca Wolfe-Roberts

Dear all,

We are happy to announce the recent arrival of Fiona
Francesca Wolfe-Roberts, born at 12:06 am on Thursday
March 24, weight 7 lbs 2 oz.  [see attached photos]
She is a happy, healthy baby girl with her mother's
long legs and her father's mouth and hair.  She enjoys
nursing, sleeping, gazing at everything, bouncing, and
making monkey noises.  Her current projects include
learning to laugh, entertaining her parents and
filling diapers. 

Before Fiona's arrival, Margaret was baking bread,
going to the credit union, making soysage, going to
the grocery store, baking sweet potatoes, making phone
calls, going for a walk and occasionally musing about
when it would start in earnest.  Her water broke at
10, and two hours later we had a baby girl.  Fiona was
breathing and pink even before she had come all the
way out, and was left on the cord for 45 minutes to
allow her get used to the world of air gradually.
Margaret's two sisters and parents came by in short
order, and we celebrated with a birthday party for wee
Fiona into the wee hours.   

Though we her parents fretted over little Fiona’s
choice to remain breech, in spite of our many efforts
to turn her, in the end it really was for the best.
Home birth worked well for us as Margaret was able to
labor in familiar surroundings and all were able to
bond with the newborn during the early hours after her
birth.  We feel very fortunate that we were able to
locate a supremely talented and compassionate midwife
who has caught more than 3000 babies during her long
career, including 600 breeches, to attend Fiona’s
birth.  Margaret is glad to have avoided a C-section,
and that she did it all safely and without drugs so
that she could be awake for the first hours with her
daughter.

We've been busy during this first week but Margaret is
recovering quickly, little Fiona is getting milk, and
we are all learning the art of sleeping, eating and
showering when we can.  We hope you can meet her some
time soon.   

Thanks for all your well wishes and support!  She’s
beautiful.  --M


David and Margaret


           
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