First words from Mariel

9:54 pm
Dana is pressuring me to write a few words on the blog. So here I am: alive, exhausted and overjoyed to have received our beautiful baby girl (whom we still haven't named yet).
We've gotten so many congratulations and well-wishes and it's a blessing to feel everyone's support.
The delivery was the most intense and demanding experience I've ever been through - and the most rewarding. Dana was a great support, my sister Tara also and the midwife Diane was very competent and relaxed, not at all intrusive, letting my body and its needs run the show, supporting me to relax and breathe through each painful contraction.

Enough for now, I'm tired.
Thanks everyone for being there for us.
Off to bed!