So that's what a newborn looks like!

Here are the first photos of our daughter. Yay!

This is Maya minutes after birth in the OR. I was so overwhelmed that I almost forgot to take a picture; all I could do was hold Rebecca’s hand, or stare at this new creature. I’m delighted I got to trim the cord.

I was dispatched to the recovery room with Maya to await Rebecca’s arrival. In the meantime, she got her first weigh-in. She was a hefty 3.977 kg of crying baby.

She’d decided to nap here between sessions of being upset. The reflective circle holds a thermometer probe in place; the heat lamp above her automatically adjusted its output based on her temperature. Very cool; I want one for myself! Look at that full head of black hair. That’s my girl.