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Hello everyone! Sorry for dropping off the map.

We had a beautiful baby girl, Joanna Rebecca, on October 26th!

The birth went smoothly and we both came out of it safe and healthy.

About 12 hours after she was born, we started counting an increased respiration rate. Our midwife visited 24 hours after the birth and observed retractions (basically her chest sucking in when she tries to breathe, which is considered an emergency), and we took her to the ER in Houston. They did a septic work up, gave her a bunch of IV antibiotics, and transferred us to the NICU at Texas Children’s Hospital, where we stayed for five days.

That was a fairly brutal experience, but luckily Joanna turned out to be totally fine. All her cultures came back negative, and they think her symptoms were most likely a benign transitional issue.

A few days later, she had to have a very minor surgery to correct a tongue tie which was interfering with breastfeeding.

We are sleep deprived but thrilled to be home with her.

Hopefully regular posts will resume on December 4th.
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