Zachary Arrives!

Zachary Christopher Verdaguer was very keen to enter the world, so much so he arrived 3 weeks early, Friday 7th March!

Manuel was still in Kalimantan, in the middle of the jungle when my water broke. I was sitting up in bed reading my book when it all began. Thankfully my friend Crystal was ready to take on the role of Birthing Partner, so at 2am Crys and her husband Dan made the mad dash to pick me up and take me to the hospital.

Everything went well and little Zach joined us at 8am. It was certainly a very vocal entry as the boy was a bit cold, which was not surprising considering his early arrival and rather small size of 2.78kgs (6lb 1oz). However, after a short time in the incubator he was a lot quieter and warmer.

Sebastian was very surprised to hear his little brother had appeared so early but was overjoyed and a little overwhelmed to meet him.

Manuel had a fantastic excuse to come home early, but unfortunately due to his location and the fact Zachary was born on an Indonesian holiday, he was not able to make it back to Jakarta until Friday night.

By Saturday night Zachary and I were home, both doing very well after all the excitement.