A New Baby

My friend's baby was born on Friday... a healthy, beautiful little girl! Actually, she's a big girl, weighing 4 kilograms, which is around 9 lbs! Mother and baby are doing fine. We stopped by to visit with the new papa at his house the day she was born and he already had pictures and a video to show us. He has only seen the pictures that his wife has taken of the baby, and the short video he had of the baby when they showed her to him behind the nursery window glass. I saw the room that the mother has been staying in, which is a small room with 4 beds. You walk through the room, which has the beds lined up next to the wall lengthwise, and there is really only room for one person to walk between them. There is nothing in there except for the beds, and they are basic cot-type beds. There was a window at the end of the room. It looked like there was nothing on the walls, and only a few belongings for each person on their beds. It looked so very different from our hospitals in the U.S.

I am hoping to go visit her in the hospital this week, but I guess I won't get to see her baby. (If hubby doesn't get to, I'm pretty sure I won't get to!) And for some good news, she should be able to come home around Thursday! I haven't been able to talk to her yet, but I've sent her messages on her phone and left her voicemails. I'm sure she is busy with holding and loving that little baby! Thank you for praying for her.