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On the Twenty-Sixth day of the Second month of the year Two Thousand, Charlene Alexandra Shiobara was born.
The event took place at Seven Twenty-Four AM. Charlene weighed in at Six pounds, Fourteen ounces, and measured Nineteen and Three-Quarter inches long.
Samantha went into labor in the evening of the 25th. We went to
the hospital at 1:00 AM EST on the 26th. A normal delivery was
attempted until roughly 5:00 AM when the obstetrician said that
the baby was not going to descend.
Charlene was born via a Caesarian Section. It turns out that her
head couldn't navigate the cervix, and actually had gotten stuck
there. The obstetrician when performing the section actually had
to pull four times to remove the baby and deliver her. She also
managed to wrap her umbilical cord twice around her neck.
The mother and father are doing just fine, totally bowled over at
their new bundle of joy. I think they're going to be totally
insufferable for the next few weeks as they go on and on about
"baby firsts" and everything that is "so cute", but this too
shall pass.
Charlene was delivered at Hackensack University Medical Center
in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Andrew Rubenstein was the
obstetrician.