Hi all!

I used to be a part of the "Babies due August 1-14 2007" thread, and then I actually had my baby and fell out of cyberspace. So now I'd quite like to get back into it, if I may!

My darling daughter Laura Rose was born by caesarian on the 11th August, weighing in at 4.2kg or 9lb 6oz in the old money, with a head circ of 38cm(!). She was exactly one week late, and I'd been in the hospital 3 days prior to that, hoping that she would descend. Alas, even the night before she'd moved higher up under my ribs than she had been!
Since then we've gotten the hang of breastfeeding (have we EVER- I spend half my life with one breast or another waving in the breeze), nappies (nappy services RULE), interpreting one "waahh" from another, and generally getting to know each other. Laura has bright blue eyes and a very round head, and I think she is the most gorgeous baby ever to grace this planet. However, I am aware that there are those here who would disagree (ie. everyone with their own baby!) so I won't enter into discussion on the point.

Anyway, it's good to be here again.
Oh, and we visited the MCHN (is that the abbreviation?) for Laura's six week checkup, and she now weighs 5.8kg, is 58.2cm long (up from 52.5cm at birth) and her head is at 41cm. And she's wearing 00s. I met two eight month olds in the waiting room who were the same size! Is my baby really so gargantuan in comparision to everyone else's? She looks so beautifully the right size to me, I can't tell...

Kirsten