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Ian Randall Pace born March 1 
8 lbs 12 oz, pretty long and practically perfect

After watching my due date come and go we decided our baby had cooked long enough and asked if the doctor would be willing to induce me. This happened to be the second day of Carnival and his clinic wasn't open, so he made a house call to decide if I was in a good place to be induced. We've discovered house calls are one of the perks of Argentinian health care. He gave us the green light and that afternoon we headed to the hospital to have our baby. 


The doctor has a midwife that helps him. She turned out to not be my favorite person....but she did her job and essentially got that baby out all by herself. Maybe she had a Carnival party she wanted to get to that night, but she was bound and determined to have baby come....which is what we asked for I guess. All turned out well in the end, but baby swallowed some amniotic fluid and had to spend the first night in the NICU. He's 100% okay and doing really great, especially now that we're all home! 



Imogen wanted this picture added :)

The kids are all enamored

We love this baby and are so grateful he's safely here with us! 






























 

Comments

  1. Dr JMarch 4, 2022 at 3:25 PM

    Congratulations Natalie, James, Charlotte, Jack, Wesley, Imogen and Ian! I love you!

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  2. Warren and AmberMarch 4, 2022 at 3:38 PM

    What a beautiful baby!! Congrats to your family!

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  3. mama laneyMarch 6, 2022 at 11:43 PM

    Congratulations to all of you! So glad everything turned out well; you are a trooper Natalie! So sweet to see the sibling love -- Ian is definitely a keeper!

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  4. PaulaMarch 7, 2022 at 7:25 AM

    Felicidades Natalie y familia!! los queremos mucho!!
    Paula y David

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