Friday, October 31, 2003
so. the nephew, aged 20, has beaten me, aged 37, to parenthood.
his little girl was born on Wednesday - an aunt ringing to see about visiting me (I said no, very nicely - really too tired today, and feel I've done my "before baby" socialising), and dropped that my parents had told her.
which was good, because it meant that nephew had told his grandmother, my mother, who has been kept in the dark about this up until now, while I was in on the secret. didn't enjoy that. rang my mother, then rang nephew.
the little girl is only 5lb and will be in hospital for a while longer - she's four weeks early, induced because of placental problems or failure to grow, from what I can gather - but she's OK, seems normal and is in good hands. I'd thought she'd be born in the public arm of the Melbourne hospital I'm going to the private bit of, but in the end she was born in the country town I'm from, 110 ks from here. so I can't go and see her and her mother, dammit. not that I'd rush in today - the mother will probably be a bit taken aback just by my mother's enthusiasm without aunties like me getting in on the act. will send a card today, though.
nephew is very dear to me and I'm excited for him, but apprehensive about how all this will pan out. he actually went to the birth, too - said it was amazing, to which I pretty much said "told you so". I'm a great-aunty!
his little girl was born on Wednesday - an aunt ringing to see about visiting me (I said no, very nicely - really too tired today, and feel I've done my "before baby" socialising), and dropped that my parents had told her.
which was good, because it meant that nephew had told his grandmother, my mother, who has been kept in the dark about this up until now, while I was in on the secret. didn't enjoy that. rang my mother, then rang nephew.
the little girl is only 5lb and will be in hospital for a while longer - she's four weeks early, induced because of placental problems or failure to grow, from what I can gather - but she's OK, seems normal and is in good hands. I'd thought she'd be born in the public arm of the Melbourne hospital I'm going to the private bit of, but in the end she was born in the country town I'm from, 110 ks from here. so I can't go and see her and her mother, dammit. not that I'd rush in today - the mother will probably be a bit taken aback just by my mother's enthusiasm without aunties like me getting in on the act. will send a card today, though.
nephew is very dear to me and I'm excited for him, but apprehensive about how all this will pan out. he actually went to the birth, too - said it was amazing, to which I pretty much said "told you so". I'm a great-aunty!
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