Good golly!

I'm an auntie! Molly Rose was born yesterday morning at 9:52, weighing in at 6lbs, 0.5 oz. She's a little peanut, and boy is she beautiful.
I skipped my last class yesterday (antepartum, so it was justified) to go visit the newly improved T family in the hospital. Linda, Steve, Lisa, and Roseanne were there, too! Molly had been under the warmer for a while, so they hadn't even gotten to see her yet, except through the windows of the nursery. It was such an honor to be there when she arrived, all bundled up, for her first visit with her family.
The others left around 5pm to get back to RI, but I was so thankful that I was able to stay...and that Linny wanted me to stay! I helped her nurse, which was incredible. I employed some of the tricks I've learned in nursing school, such as getting mom and baby naked under a big blanket for some skin-to-skin benefits. She had been fussy, but she calmed right down once she was close to Linny's heart. Molly has such gusto! She has a great suck reflex and even went looking for food on her own, without much help. Latching was tricky, but they will both get the hang of it really soon, I can tell.
Linny & Molly had a few student nurses last night, who came in frequently to assess her and baby, change med bags, etc. It was so interesting being on the complete other side of that. Also, it was cool to see the role that I took in the room. I was the 'nurse family member'! I got asked a few questions by family, which was neat, but I didn't feel like I had to 'blah blah blah' about what I knew. I'm glad for that, because sometimes I can get really excited and blab when no one wants to hear it. I was perfectly content being a normal family member. And boy, I'll tell you, the experience is SO MUCH BETTER when it's a baby being born into your own family. I thought my maternity rotation was great with strangers...this is so much better than that because I CAN get emotionally involved, and I'm head over heels : )