Me and My New Daughter

I didn't have to wait long. At about a quarter to seven the doctors came out and handed me my new daughter. I must warn you that what I am about to say may be biased and a bit too thick for some people. If you don't think you can handle it, skip down a couple of paragraphs.

I could not believe how perfect she looked. I honestly did not expect her to look that cute. I looked at her big dark grey eyes, and they were looking back at me! She had a full head of hair, a beautiful nose, and a delicate mouth. There wasn't a blemish on her skin. And everything was so small - her face, her hands.

Silvina was still being sewed up, and it was about an hour before they wheeled her out. During that time I was holding the baby. Looking at her. Rocking her so she wouldn't cry. I came up with a number of techniques that seemed to work pretty well. I didn't know that I could put the baby down so I was amusing myself with different ways of holding her. I noticed that if I moved to one side, her eyes would follow. I tried on the other side and the same thing. Going up and down she didn't follow as well.

When they brought Silvina out, she was still out of it from the general. She was looking pretty green behind the gills really and I was a bit concerned about her because her heart beat was erratic. I was holding the baby with one hand and feeding Silvina ice chips with the other. The baby was smacking her lips so I knew she was hungry, but Silvina would be in no shape to nurse.

The nurse said it was ok to put the baby down on one of the bassinets, so I put her down and focused my attention to Silvina. When she was well enough I took a picture of her with the baby. The other pictures of the baby were when I set her down to look after Silvina.