Baby Sweetheart (a.k.a. Dorothea Elizabeth Grigg) was born at five minutes to nine on the evening of Friday, the Thirteenth day of February, the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Nine.
She weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces (or 3.45 kg) (or a little more than half a stone).
She was 19 inches long (between 48 and 50cm) (or 4.75 hands).
Mom Sweetheart (a.k.a. Libby) was having some high blood pressure (PIH or pregnancy-induced hypertension). The doctor wanted to make sure she delivered soon, so he planned to induce her Friday morning at 7:30. Around 4 o'clock that morning Libby woke up and noticed some contractions. She decided to start timing them and they were coming regularly at 12 minutes or so.
Around 6 A.M. we were supposed to call the labor and delivery group at the hospital and make sure there was a bed available. We called and told them that we were having contractions about 9 minutes apart; they said that we should come in anyway.
We finally made it to the hospital around 8:30 and the doctor came to check Libby a little while later. When he checked her he confirmed that the process was started and we wouldn't need to induce labor.
12 "short" hours later and our family had increased in size by fifty percent!
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