HI EVERYONE

WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED AND SHARED THEIR STORIES, SUPPORT AND VIEWS. WE NEEDED TO HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES, THE PARENTS AND THE WOMEN WHO ACTUALLY LIVE WITH CAH.  WE REALIZE THAT WE SHOULD’VE PROBABLY INTRODUCED US FIRST AND THEN GO ON.  WE DID WANT OPINIONS ON THE SURGERY, WE SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED IT.  AIMEE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL DIARIES, WE ALSO HAVE A  MORE PERSONAL JOURNAL FOR ANGEL.

SO WE’RE HAVING A BABY! MIXED EMOTIONS WENT THROUGH BOTH OF US.  LIKE MOST PREGNANCIES, I BELIEVE, IT WAS UNPLANNED.  I’M ONLY 24 AND MY HUSBAND IS 31, SO IN A WAY I BELIEVED I WAS TOO YOUNG AND NOT READY.  I GUESS THERE IS NO READY WHEN IT COMES TO PARENTING.  SO WE GO ON. SINCE THE BEGINNING WE DECIDED WE DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW THE SEX OF THE BABY. FUNNY THING THAT MY HUSBAND AND I  JOKE ABOUT IS THAT  WE REALLY DIDN’T FIND OUT WHAT WE HAD ’TILL WEEKS AFTER HER BIRTH. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU I LOVED THE WHOLE JOURNEY. THE PREGNANCY WAS A BREEZE, I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES WITH VERY MINIMAL SYMPTOMS, I WORKED UP TO THE DAY BEFORE THE DELIVERY, EVEN THAT WAS A BREEZE. WATER BROKE AT MIDNIGHT AND DELIVERED BY 8 THAT MORNING. MY HUSBAND, AT MY REQUEST, HELPED DELIVER OUR DAUGHTER, ANOTHER FUNNY THING, I HAD REQUESTED FOR MY HUSBAND TO ANNOUNCE THE SEX OF THE BABY AND NO ONE ELSE.  WE SOOOO WANTED TO OWN THIS STAGE IN OUR LIVES.  SO OF COURSE "IT’S A BOY!" OUR SMILES AND JOYS LASTED ABOUT A WHOLE 15 SECONDS WHEN MY O.B. SAYS "WAIT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM, HE’S URINATING THROUGH THE BOTTOM." HIS URETHRA DIDN’T FULLY CLOSE WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT. SO WE WENT ON THINKING IT WAS A BOY, UNTIL THE PEDIATRICIAN EXAMINED HER AND TOLD US ABOUT CAH. SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEND A SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE. AT THAT MOMENT ALL WE KNEW IS THAT WE LOVED THIS BABY AND WE JUST WANTED TO DEAL WITH GIVING HER A NAME AN IDENTITY. WE KNEW ALSO, AT THAT MOMENT, THAT NO MATTER WHAT SHE HAD, WE WERE NOT GOING TO HIDE OR FEEL SHAME AND THAT IF PEOPLE ASK , WE WOULD EDUCATE. TO THIS DATE THAT IS OUR FEELING.

ANGEL, IS OUR BABY’S NAME SHE’S SO CUTE, LOOKS LIKE HER PAPA. BIG EYES, SMILE FROM COAST TO COAST,  PERFECT EARS THAT I CAN’T WAIT TO PUT EARRINGS ON, AND A NICELY SHAPED HEAD. SOME OF MAMA TOO, LIKE LIGHT SKINNED, MY HUSBAND IS DARK SKINNED, AND SHE HAS MY HANDS. SOME OF HER OWN: DIMPLES! WE STILL CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHOSE NOSE SHE HAS, BUT EITHER WAY SHE’S OUT OF LUCK! MY NOSE IS LONG AND THIN WITH LARGE NOSTRILS, SOME SAY  I HAVE A GREEK/ITALIAN NOSE. LOL!  MY HUSBAND HAS A BIG WIDE NOSE, ALSO WITH LARGE NOSTRILS. PEOPLE TELL HIM IT’S SAMOAN/BLACK..LOL! SO LIKE I SAID "OUT OF LUCK." SHE LOVES BEING TALKED TO. SHE LAUGHS MUCH MORE WITH HER PAPA, ACTING SILLY AND ALL.  SHE’S PRETTY GOOD DOESN’T CRY MUCH. ONLY THE I’M HUNGRY, DIRTY, SLEEPY CRY.  AND THE I DON’T WANT THAT NASTY MEDICATION CRY. WHICH I FIND IS THE BEST WAY OF GIVING IT TOO HER WITHOUT HER SPITTING IT OUT. SHE’S A GOOD SLEEPER AT NIGHT ONLY WAKES UP TO FEED EVERY 3-4 HOURS AND FALLS RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP. WELL I FEEL THIS IS  PROBABLY A LONGER THAN ORDINARY INTRO. SO I’LL STOP HERE, THAT AND I’M HUNGRY!LOL! I DO HAVE A BUNCH A QUESTIONS THAT I WILL BE ASKING AT A LATER TIME. ONCE AGAIN THANK  YOU TO EVERYONE!