https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:08:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/announcing-baby-clarinda#post-7271 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:18:47 +0000 Coastinganon 7271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daughter, Margaret Clarinda, was born on Thursday, 10/27 at 11:12pm. She was due 11/5, but I had a feeling she would go early. </p> <p>I started having contractions around 3:30 in the morning and they quickly ramped up to every 10 min. I thought we would have a baby by noon, but around 11 they just as quickly dropped from every 6 min to every 1/2 hour!</p> <p>Finally, around dinner time, they ramped up again. We kept close track of them and left for the hospital when I had barely hit 5-1-1. I'll save all the fun details for my official birth story, but just know that we got to the hospital about 35 min before I delivered her. I was standing next to my bed getting a gown on! It was chaotic to say the least.</p> <p>We're both doing well. My recovery has been considerably easy (my son was 10lbs5oz, so I'mapparently used to birthing big babies). </p> <p>Clarinda (she'll go by her middle name) and I are SO looking forward to going home tomorrow. :) </p> <p>--Coastinganon </p>