Saturday, October 11, 2008

August was born on this day: Happy birthday!

Seven years ago, on my OBGYN’s 15th wedding anniversary and one month after 9/11, August was, after 36 hours of full labor and despite complete dilation, born by c-section on a Friday night at a hospital in Belgium.

I don’t remember any pain (courtesy of my friend Ann who was there for me then whole time -- and perhaps also courtesy of those wonderful happy hormones); I remember being scared on the operating table, and the anesthesiologist whispering comforting words in a Belgian dialect I’ve never fully come to master, while wiping my tears. I was totally exhausted and completely out of it after days of physical and mental labor (and probably because of the drugs as well), but then suddenly, there he was; big, cone-headed and healthy. After only a few minutes, he was put in Courtney’s waiting arms, and it was all done – what a beautiful sight it was!

We didn’t actually know that it was going to be a boy, but I had bought one single outfit – a baby blue one, and we had only one name picked out: August. He was our first baby, and today he is turning seven years old. Happy birthday, baby!
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