A few more favorite photos

           

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Xavier’s first month

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Xavier’s first week at home

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Xavier’s hopsital photos

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Xavier’s hospital stay

Day 1 – Saturday 15th December
5.56am             Born                       
Skin to skin with mum                       
Skin to skin with dad
7.00am             Hep B and Vitamin K injection – comforted by dad
10.00am           Notice rash on head, groin and armpit
11.00am           Visit from paediatrician re: rash
11.30am           Blood sample taken from heel, CRP will test his virus levels.
3.00pm             Second blood sample taken [...]

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Xavier… A Love Story

Born     15th December 2007 5:56am
Royal Women’s Hospital
Family Birth Centre 
At about 1 pm, Friday 15th December, we decided that with contractions at 5 minutes apart and lasting 1 minute we would go in to hospital.  I was anxious because the Family Birth Centre was full and I was waiting for them to clear a room or [...]

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Early Labour

Thursday 13th December
6 pm to 7pm
So, I think it has all started.  Last night as I was cooking dinner I had one particularly bad contraction.  I had been having stronger ones all day, but still didn’t want to get my hopes up.  Arcris was just outside the kitchen on the phone (we received several [...]

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34 weeks

 

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31 weeks – woah baby, you so big!

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25 weeks – you are growing up!

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