... was born at 14.08 on tenth December, after a very stressful forty-two hour labour, by ventous. We are both recovering."
(In other words, don't phone them just yet. Someone will post here when they're both comfortably awake. In the meantime, post your congratulations to Cait and Mackay below!
-- Yoz, his fingernails gnawed well past the quick)
Posted by Yoz at December 10, 2003 11:02 PMCongratulations to you all!!! Delighted to hear that she is out safely, and wish you all the best. Looking forward to hearing all the gory details, well done !!
Posted by: katie at December 10, 2003 11:08 PMwell done nora! (and cait!)
Fantactic news! Congrats and well wishes for a swift recovery.
First time someone I know has given birth on my birthday. Feels like some kind of a bond.
Posted by: Manar at December 10, 2003 11:18 PMFourty Two? Bloomin' Nora. (Now, that's the answer to the question.)
Congratulations!
Posted by: Lee Maguire at December 10, 2003 11:21 PMYeah! Become someone great!
Posted by: Dan...(iel) at December 10, 2003 11:22 PMWell she didn't quite make it to my birthday, but it was getting close there! Love to all three of you. :-)
Posted by: Ian Betteridge at December 10, 2003 11:29 PMHiya Nora,
Well done to you and your mum
See you very soon!
xoxox
Quinn and Gilbert and Danny and Ada
Posted by: Danny at December 10, 2003 11:30 PMHurrah! Congratulations to all three of you!
Hello Nora!
Posted by: Phil at December 10, 2003 11:32 PM(ps in case anyone is wondering, "ventouse" means using a suction cup to help along the birth)
Posted by: Danny at December 10, 2003 11:40 PMYay!
Congrats and well done. Welcome Nora!
Phew! Lots of love.
Congratulations Cait and MacKay!
and Happy Birthday Nora! Welcome :)
J.
x
welcome to the world nora! well done cait and mackay!
Posted by: Leslie Harpold at December 11, 2003 12:59 AMCongratulations to one and all...
42 hours! Phew!
am sure Douglas Adams would've had something to say on that!
Many congrats again :)
Posted by: Aka n Carolyne at December 11, 2003 01:16 AMSplendid work Cait - I bet that'll take some serious rose-tinted glasses to forget.
And Nora, if you're reading this in many years time: the twentieth century sucked, you didn't miss anything.
Posted by: Tom Steinberg at December 11, 2003 01:40 AMAndy and Cait - YEAHHHHH!!!
Welcome to Earth, Nora Jessie Mackay.
xxxooo
*wishes for quick recovery for all 3*
- Joanne
Posted by: Joanne at December 11, 2003 01:58 AMCongratulations gorgeous! The whole world's coming up babies!
Posted by: Tom Coates at December 11, 2003 06:28 AMCongratulations cait and mackay... and welcome to the universe Nora!
We have some projects for you: introduce a hydrogen economy, world peace, nanotechnological jammie-dodger dispensers.
But you have a breather first, eh?
Posted by: Matt at December 11, 2003 06:50 AMCongratualations Cait and
Mackay!Hello Nora!
Love, Helen xxx
Posted by: Helen at December 11, 2003 09:19 AMCongratulations to you both! We look forward to seeing little Nora ....bless...
Clare
Well done you three - and especially Cait! Can't wait to meet the little one - I'm sure she's beautiful...
zx
Congratulations ! Looking forward to meet Nora !
Posted by: Carlos Leira at December 11, 2003 10:40 AMwayhey!! congrats all three!!
Cait - I've told holly to read moolies for advice, but I think I might tell her to skip the future posts about 42 hour labour...
yeesh! have a damn good rest, all of you.
and hello nora!
matt
Posted by: matlock at December 11, 2003 11:06 AMHUGE congratulations to you all. I hope you're all bundled up somewhere sleeping in a happy pile.
Big love,
us lot.
Posted by: Alex + Becky + Ella + Aasta at December 11, 2003 11:07 AMThe next one will be easier - trust me! Well done Cait and Mackay, and welcome to the world Nora. Looking forward to reading the detail and seeing pics.
Anita xxx (Bevan)
Posted by: Anita at December 11, 2003 11:47 AMpheeew!
Congrats.
xb
hello nora
from that voice that sat next to your mom the last 9 months (sorry about the bad language)
xxx
che
Posted by: cherie matrix at December 11, 2003 02:07 PMCongrats! Your finest project to-date I am sure - and happy birthday Nora!
Posted by: Danny The Gun at December 11, 2003 02:12 PMCongrats! Your finest project to-date I am sure - and happy birthday Nora!
Posted by: Danny The Gun at December 11, 2003 02:12 PMWelcome Nora. You bear the name of my wonderful, insane and sadly not long departed aunt. Among other theories she was convinced that counting seconds precisely when no time piece was available was simply a matter of saying "rickety buckety" between each number. Foolproof I'm sure you'll agree.
Posted by: Alex Balfour at December 11, 2003 03:16 PMThat is epic; I can't wait to hear the telling of it.
Well done, Cait.
Welcome, Nora.
You can breathe now, Mackay.
xxx
Posted by: Fiona at December 11, 2003 03:19 PMTop job, Cait.
Nora: you've got the perfect start, in two great parents. Welcome, and enjoy the big world.
Posted by: nick at December 11, 2003 04:45 PMWow - what a marathon! Well, I'm sure Nora will be worth it and they say you forget the agony pretty swiftly.
Congrats to both of you and looking forward to meeting her!
Love,
Lotti
HUZZAH! Only the very *best* babies are born by ventouse !!!
Big, big hugs and remember that i'll come round and cook without predjudice or conversation anytime you're both ready...
-t
Posted by: Tomski at December 11, 2003 10:50 PMSuperb news, and congratulations :)
Blimey. Birth by plunger - funky!
Posted by: Jude at December 11, 2003 11:20 PMCongrats Cait, Mackay - Nora all the best for a wonderful life.
Posted by: Trish at December 15, 2003 11:44 AMCongratulations - hope all three of you have a lovely Christmas!
Posted by: Anita & Howard at December 19, 2003 11:58 AMWelcome to little Nora. I'm sure you'll be a credit to the name.
Posted by: another Nora Mackay at December 21, 2003 05:01 AMFantastic news! Very pleased for all 3 of you. No requirement for any gory details!
Posted by: Nigel at December 21, 2003 08:23 AM