The Coming of Jaimalyn

Its about daaaaamn time!! Clearance has finally been granted and my baby girl is FINALLY coming home. As you all may know from my significant other's blog, Jaimalyn has been detained at the hospital since birth. Yup, its been a looong 26 days.. Rewind back to September 1st for a moment....

There I was standing in the delivery room, as Marlyn, of course being Marlyn, was laughing and joking just moments before our daughter would enter the world. After 18 long hours of labour, I would've thought she'd be exhausted. But if you know Marlyn, you can understand my lack of suprise. Even as she pushed, and even as she was being ripped and torn apart 'down there', here she was cackling away like it was the funniest thing she ever went through. Shocked? Don't be. Thats Marlyn for you. =)

Jaimalyn Makaio Paola Martinez Francisco entered the world at 4:08 am on September 1st 2006. My intial happiness was quickly replaced by wide-eyed fear and disbelief. After spending all day in the delivery ward, I've heard many mothers giving birth. It was always the same. First you hear the mother screaming in agony, then a sigh of relief, then a baby crying. Apparently that crying is actually a good thing. Well, when Jaimalyn came out, she was silent, limp and blue. Alas, my poor baby was born dead. The doctors quickly whisked her away to another room. Minutes passed. As i watched the clock, the hands seemed to move much slower than normal. Then finally the doctor reentered and much to my relief, told us that they were successful in rescusitating her. Apparently the reason for her predicament was that she was stuck in the birth canal too long and wasn't able to breathe. So she suffocated.

She would've died, but the doctor got her out in time. In the process though, he had to break her arm to get her to fit through. And because of that broken arm, the doctor told us that we had to leave her in the hospital until it healed. So much to our dismay, we weren't able to take her home right away. So after being battered, bruised and broken our daughter was to spend the next few weeks imprisoned in the hospital as she recovered from her ordeal. Fast forward to the present....

And at last the day has come! She couldn't have been released at a better time, as today marks my 25th birthday! I couldn't ask for a better present =) A new daughter and my own family. Life is great isn't it? =) Now.. where'd I put that Naruto doll...