Yay baby!

It's a man, a baby man! L. and A. have has their baby, a boy. Good size: 8lb 7oz, 20.5 inches. No name yet. Anassa kata!

THIS makes what had been a sucktastic morning much better.

In other baby news, my coworker whose daughter is 6 weeks older than the Dillo is pregnant again - they'll be 17 months apart. And my coworker who adopted a son from Ethiopia last summer is hoping to have her second son in June - the new one is 4, and his brother is 2.

day has resumed sucking

Or rather, not sucking, as breast pump appears to have unceremoniously died on me. A little occasional wheezing, but no pumping. I think I am going to go home, sleep, use the hand pump and ponder which is the best option:

1. acquire tubing for Medela Lactina pump in lactation room. Available in person in the hospital 10 minutes' walk from work, cost ca. $50. Would also require a couple of new bottles. Would prevent me from using electric pump anywhere but lactation room.

2. acquire new pump body for electric pump. Cost ?? $150; this one was newish since the older one died on Min, so I'm a little discouraged by it. Would take at least 2 days even if Fedexed. No need for new other parts.

3. acquire all new pump (Medela, probably) at Target or someplace local. Could be accomplished quickly, but cost likely to be upwards of $200. Would need some new bottles, too.

Must investigate. Too bad head sore and body tired, making rational cogitation difficult and pronouns scanty.