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Whoops! This post was intended to stay in my drafts folder but got auto published. Sorry about that. Since it's here, rather than deleting it & leaving you with a 'Sorry, page not found' message if you clicked through from a tweet or FB post of the link, I'll take it as an opportunity to say a HUGE THANK YOU to some people who deserve awards for their supporting roles in the past few days:

• Linnaeus for being such a wonderful big brother already.
• Oliver for being here through everything & getting us to the hospital safely in our Modo car.
• Lisa, Dan & Lucy for taking such great care of Sprout---including his very first sleepover without his parents--while his little sister took her time deciding when to be born.
• Andrea & Tracy (two of our team of midwives) for being there at this wee one's birth.
• Candace & Lori (the rest of team one at the Midwifery Group) for great prenatal care.
• Jackie Dives (birth doula & photographer) for the moral support & incredible photos of the big event (sneak peek of our birth photos here).
• BC Women's & Children's Hospital staff for doing their jobs so well
• All the rest of our family & friends who provided moral support by phone, Facebook & Twitter when I was surprised by a long, slow-moving early labour.

THANK YOU again!

(& I didn't change the title of this post because, no, we still don't have a name for her yet!)

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