Hi Elizabeth and welcome to the world, Gabriel!

Massive congratulations!! It is so wonderful that you had a natural
birth at home, you all must be over the moon!!! Your photos looks
gorgeous- he looks lvoely and you all look so happy, what a wonderful
experience!

Vicky
xxx



--- In naturalbirthturkey@yahoogroups.com, "Famille SOUBELET"
<soubelet@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Ladies!
>
> Well, we waited and waited and.... HE's finally here!
>
> Gabriel Marie Aslan ("Lion" in Turkish) Soubelet was born last
Friday, June
> 27th, at 13h37. He was born underwater at home after only two and
a half
> hours of labor (even if that seemed plently long enough!). The
unbelievable
> part is his "imposing stature": 4.7kg (10lbs. 4oz.) and 55cm long!
>
> We feel so blessed to be able to have had Gail Johnson with us (
> http://www.midwifewithoutborders.com/). She was a rock of calm and
support
> in our time of need - she was just what we needed to help make our
dream of
> a third homebirth and our first waterbirth come true!
>
> Gabriel's big brothers and sister are very excited about how things
turned
> out as well...
>
> Best wishes for happy, healthy births,
> Elizabeth Soubelet and Family
> Bursa
>