Birth!!!
Photo taken on December 20, 2004 at 19:13:07 - (Clicking on the photo will show the next photo)
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This picture was taken about 5 minutes after the birth. Karuna came out quite clean,
although a bit of tearing did mean that Hitomi required stitches. Hitomi is wincing
from the stitches. Note that I didn't take any pictures between the serious contractions
and the birth. At this point, Hitomi was in so much pain that I didn't have time to
do anything else other than comfort her and to try and massage her to make her feel
better. Hitomi was in incredible pain, although luckily pregnancy amnesia kicks in
and Hitomi remembers very little of the process up until the actual birth.
