Lana Joy :)

[upcchris]

Excited Nik? Or would impatient be a better word?

[nicolejoy]

Yep, a bit of both!! And nervous, and a bit overwhelmed at everything I'm gonna have to do in order to get back to Oz for Christmas. We're meant to be there in less than 2 months now, and have SO MUCH to do before we can go!!

[upcchris]

Not to mention giving birth Woah if that ticker is right you got roughly a week to go!

[newkris]

praying for you!  don't worry . . . thousands of women around the world do this same thing every day and have for thousands of years . . . you'll be fine. 

can't wait to see pics of the new addition! 

[joyeuse]

anyone has the news? so its a boy  a girl. Im quite sure its a boy

[iridiscente]

anyone has the news? so its a boy  a girl. Im quite sure its a boy

I'd like to know too.

[MelodyB]

Its a girl...she was born on the 24th!! YAY!!

Ill let Nicole tell her name and show the pics.

[joyeuse]

Good to hear. Oh i was wrong about the boy

[Chseeads]

Its a girl...she was born on the 24th!! YAY!!

Ill let Nicole tell her name and show the pics.

How'd you get the hotline to Hong Kong?

[MelodyB]

Cause I am special. Well...not just me. Some of us are and I am one of them.

[upcchris]

WOOOHOO! Weclome to the world baby Luk!

[BeccaBoo]

Yay.

[savedbygrace]

 
I am so happy for her..and jealous at the same time...lol my due date has come and gone..and yet here I am still pregnant!!! lol..but I am dying to know the little one's name..lol

[MelodyB]

I got permission to share Nicole's news about her baby!!

Lana was born at 11:37pm on October 24th

Her full name is Lana Joy Si-Lan Luk. They pronounce Lana "Lah-nah" (some Americans pronounce it with a short "a", that's fine too, whatever!!) Si-Lan is pronounced "See-Lahn" (so the Lan sounds the same as the Lan in Lana)

And here she is!!

Lana Joy Si-Lan Luk was born on October 24 at 11:37pm. Si-Lan is her Chinese name.

She weighed 3.555kg (7lb 13oz) and was 50cm long.

My waters broke on October 23 around 10am - but my labour didn't start naturally. So I had to be induced the next morning, with the "threat" of needing an emergency cesarean if the induction was unsuccessful, because of the risk of infection.

As it was, Lana was born about 38 hours after my waters broke WITHOUT needing an emergency cesarean (although we cut it close!!) and so she had to spend her first day in the special care unit under observation, just because of the increased risk of infection.

After a day, there was no sign of infection so Lana got to be with Mummy!! YAY - and after 2 more days, we were allowed home, so we got home yesterday

So now, on my "due date", I'm home with my 4 day old angel and my sick husband (he has a bad cough) looking after the both of them

Heres some more pics of her with her eyes open (around 2am when she should be sleeping!!)









She's not actually THAT yellow, the colours are a bit off... but the other pics didn't show her eyes open

So there you have it!! Nic said she might not be able to get over here for awhile, so I can go ahead and inform everyone.

[savedbygrace]

Oh wow..she is so beautiful!!! I am so happy for them, and I know they are so glad she is here, and safe with them. Thanks for posting, I was so excited about hearing more from them, and seeing pictures!

[newkris]

oh wow!  how fun is that?  what a beautiful baby!  so sorry you had such a long labor, though.  it makes you very, very tired.  glad you get to be home and have bernie there to help some.  how nice.




thanks, God.

[SippinTea]

Awwww.... so adorable.

[The Purple Fuzzy]

How sweet!

[iridiscente]

Ariel had a fit saying "baby" when she saw the pictures!

[BeccaBoo]

2 adorable.

[joyeuse]

Oh what good news. Good to hear that you and the baby are doing good. The sweetie Lana seems to look like her father. Nicole if you can read this, just get some rest and enjoy your baby acoz time  fly so fast.  Welcome again to the liltle Lana

[RainbowJingles]

**HUGS** Lana and her awesome parents

babies  :-)

[sunlight]

* sunlight prays for and hugs Nic and Lana

[nicolejoy]

Aw - thanks guys!!

Lana's a week and a half old now, doing well!! She's a really good baby, but just hasn't learned what "night time" is yet so I'm pretty tired!!

Bernard went back to work today so I'm home alone with baby - at least for this week. On Monday, my Mum and MIL and sister will get here from Australia to "help out" and to play with the baby!!

We've had a crazy week since she was born - we have to rush to get all the paperwork done to get back to Australia for Christmas, but that's all on track, we should be fine and have a passport within 4 weeks!!

On top of everything else, I came down with Bell's Palsy after the delivery, so the right hand side of my face is paralysed (it should be only temporary, a few weeks to a few months depending on how fast I recover) - so that's been additional "fun" and I've had more doctors visits, had to go to the neurologist etc... but I'm staying positive (I am NOW at least, at first, it was REALLY hard...)

So please pray for us - we definitely need it!!

[newkris]

wow, nic, that is a lot of life in a small time frame.  will surely be praying for you.  glad the paperwork is worked out for you to take a trip home.  having something to look forward to always helps in the tough days. 

keep us posted as you can!  and hug that baby for me!