Bayli has landed

(Posted by Scott)

Just a quick post, though a lot has happened.

Firstly, and most importantly, Bayli Robinson has entered the world and apparently it's important that I pass on the following facts.

1. She was born at 4:16 am on April 16th.
2. She weighed 7lb 3ozs (3280 g, I think it was)
3. She and her mother are both now at home and doing well.
4. She is very cute (and here's a picture to prove it).


I took Kel to the doctor for a regular appointment on tuesday at about 4 pm. She'd been having contractions on and off for a couple of days but they had started to get a bit more serious-- ie, more regular-- that day. The doc (a locum) rang the hospital to see if she should go in (different policies at different hospitals) and they basically said not yet. At about 6pm Kel rang the hospital from home because the contractions were getting worse. The midwife said, come in now if you want but , seeing it's your first baby they'll probably go away. You could probably come in tomorrow.

We got to the hospital at 8pm and Kel was admitted. At 11.30 pm, after basicall being ignored since we arrived (not quite, but close enough) I went to tell the midwife that Kel's pains were getting worse. The woman conducted an examination and said, "Oh, you're 8cm dialated, we'd better get you to the birthing suite."

We went up stairs and not a lot happened for a couple more hours. No waters breaking, nothing at all. I asked, "When do you do something else instead of us all sitting here for the rest of the week.?"

There was another examination and Kel's waters broke. So, for the next hour or so there was pushing but not a lot else. So I said, "Do we do this all day or is there something you can do to see what's happening."

She did another examination and discovered that the baby hadn't really moved at all. A doctor was called. The baby's head was apparently twisted around slightly and Kel's contractions weren't strong enough, in fact they'd almost stopped. The first problem was rectified, a drug type thing was given to strengthen the contractions and about 1/2 an hour later, our little girl entered the world much to Kel's relief.

Minor complication and lazy midwife aside, everything went well. Bayli was healthy and screaming. Kel was recovering. I was busy making phone calls to excited grandparents.

And, a few days before Bayli was born, my father and I decided to pull down a couple of walls and put a couple up somewhere else. When we started this we thought we still had three weeks to go. Of course, Bayli had other ideas and I was off at the hospital while Dad worked. We (mainly 'he', ably asisted by Marty) got the new master bedroom lined in time for Kel to come home but we only just finished the rest yesterday.

When I say finished I mean finished the main bits. We still have to do the skirting boards and cornices and what not, but the walls and doors are in place. And I must say it all looks pretty good. Woo hoo.

The carpeted bit you can see in the picture was the main bedroom. Tiny. It (plus the hall way near Pip) are now the lounge room. Once the built in wardrobes are removed it will be plenty big enough. To the left of the screen door (which is the back door) is an office, and the photo was taken inside the new L-shaped master bedroom. (Pip is framed in the doorway. There will eventually be build in robes just out of shot to the right.) It's a big improvement-- and nobody trusted me originally... That'll learn 'em.

That's all from me. I tried to post this a couple of days ago but blogger wouldn't let me upload any pictures which kinda defeated the purpose. But now it is done.