Mia was born on Friday, 29th April 2011 at 10.07am. She weighed 2.7kgs and was 47cm long. The photo of the nurse washing Mia was the first photo I took of her - about 10minutes after she was born.
Ikumi was taking into the operation room for her c-section around 9am. Luckily Ikumi's parents came and so the 3 of us waited nervously in the waiting room. I understand now why all those waiting-fathers-to-be pace up and down and smoke like chimneys. Smoking isn't an option for me, so I paced up and down and my sweaty palms on.
However at 10.07am the wait was over. Once I saw little Mia I cried with relief and happiness. As Ikumi wasn't able to hold Mia, I was the first one and holding her for the first time, as sterotypical as it sounds, was one of the most amazing experiences in my 33 years as a human being.
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| Holding Mia shortly after she was born |
After Mia was cleaned up and weighed, she was put in a little incubator box thing and Ikumi's parents and I waited for Ikumi. She was well, but spent the first day with a lot of pain. After a few hours we were all reunited with little Mia.
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| Ikumi meets Mia |
Until I saw Mia, I never thought that new born babies were cute. Yes, I thought that babies were amazing and the whole thought about a baby growing from nothing to 3kgs is truly AMAZING, but not cute. However once I saw Mia, I totally changed my mind. She is a real CUTIE and if this blog is still operational in a few years, I hope Mia will read these words and will someone understand my feelings. Maybe if you are a new Dad or Dad to be you might understand my words.
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| cutie |
By the end of Day 1, Ikumi, Mia and I were very tired. I had woken up around 5.30am of that morning (after not sleeping well) and I went to bed around 1am the next day, however I went to bed totally happy and content.
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| Mia at the end of her first day |
Congrats Bud, she's so sweet!
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