Saturday, April 10, 2010

Introducing.....Noah Robert

Well, here it is folks. Our grande finale. Our son, Noah Robert was born in Mumbai on the 8th April at 4:51pm local time weighing in at 3.57kg.

Darren and I are both over the moon with the excitement at having our little boy in our lives, albeit currently across Lake Powai as he is still in Hiranandani Hospital and we're in our hotel room at the Renaisseance. Not too shabby let me tell you. We would have like to blogged earlier but what a day we have had!

The first photo is of Noddy in the NICU this morning; 17 hours old and perfection personified. We managed to feed our little boy once today and change his nappy, cuddle him and whisper little songs into his ears. He is so wonderfully beautiful and perfect we are overwhelmed with the love we feel for this little person...our Noddy. Since our first visit to Hiranandani last July there has been an additional NICU room attached for those babies not requiring critical care so that parents can feed and spend time with their children prior to being discharged. The standard time in NICU post birth is 72 hours apparently. So like a child on Christmas morning we are waiting with baited breath for Sunday to arrive.

The second photo to the left is of Papa and little Noddy in the NICU. Now, the nursing staff assure us the room is kept at an ambient 21 degrees celcius but when you're wearing a hair net a-la-KFC and a face mask with zero ventilation and a floor length gown it's more like 121 degrees...We both arrived at the hospital at 8:45am after 4 hours sleep after what seemed like the longest possible flight to India. We met Dr Sudhir who led us to the NICU and it was then we met our angel. We were planning for a much more relaxed return to India but little Noah had other ideas for his daddies. After speaking with Dr Yash very early on Thursday morning we decided to fly out that afternoon and thank goodness we did. On arrival into Singapore we phoned India and Dr Yash gave us the news that after a long labour, our surrogate was admitted for a c-section and our son was born very shortly after. Dr Sudhir emailed us some photos without the news on whether or not we had a boy or girl. We wanted to wait until we arrived at the hospital to find this out.

This morning we spent an hour or so with Noddy and then the remainder of the morning at Hiranandani Gardens; shopping and having lunch. We went back to the hospital for Noddy's scheduled 12:30 feed only to be told he had already been fed...We still spent time with our boy singing to him and cuddling while sneaking in a few photos.

The last photo in this post is of Noddy and his daddy who is so in love with his little boy it is beautiful to see. We already have experienced such love and a wonderful bond with our son it is hard to put into words. We just want him here with us now.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the amazing and we mean AMAZING support of Dr Sudhir and Dr Yash of Surrogacy India, Dr Pai who performed our transfer, Dr Soni and our surrogate.
Words will never be able to convey the deep gratitude we have for such an amazing woman and the gift she has given us.

28 comments:

  1. Just amazing, truly amazing. What a long journey, and look at you now! Congratulations daddy and papa, and hello little Noah ... you are truly beautiful and chubby and so precious. Well done one and all.

    xxx

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  2. Congratulations!!! We have been following your blog for a while now, this is a amazing blog entry!

    We will be where you are now, 4 months from now. We are counting every minute...

    All the best to the three of you!

    H&M

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  3. OMG he is so, so perfect!! Congratulations daddies!!

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  4. That is just wonderful news! This made my friday, horray. Keep us posted and more photos, thank you!

    So much hair!!!

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  5. Welcome to Planet Mumbai Noah Robert, your daddies have been waiting a long, long, LONG time for you to get here.

    Well done J & D, enjoy your beautiful baby boy. He is going to be a very lucky little boy having such strong and loving fathers like you two guiding him every step of the way.

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  6. ZIPPITY DO DAH! WOO HOO...CONGRATS...Mazel Tov....We're so happy for you all. GET some sleep and enjoy every minute of the rest of your lives together. YEAH!

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  7. It's a boy!! Fantastic news - have been checking in to see if you had posted. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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  8. Guys,

    It's great to log on and see such joy! Congratulations on the birth of Noah.

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  9. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

    Love the Name! Love the photos!

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  10. Welcome to the world, Noah! And many congrats, Daddies!

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  11. HUGE Congratulations on the arrival of your son!!! Finally he is here and we got to meet him. He is so cute and has great weight. Thank you for sharing the pictures. I love his name, too. I wish the three of you the happiest life together.

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  12. Darren and Johnny I am so overwelmed with happiness for you both on the safe arrival of your precious bundle Noah. You will make absolutely wonderful parents and have a lifetime of loving and learning ahead of you. To your wonderful surrogate what an amazing women and gift she has given you, I wish her a quick recovery, she really is an angel sent from heaven for what she has done. I can't wait to meet little Noah so safe travels with your precious cargo, with much luv and kisses Michelle, Igor, Caitlyn, Jarrod and Isabella xxx

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  13. Congratulation with your beautiful boy. He is so lovely and you gave him a beautiful name to! Enjoy

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  14. Congratulations daddies, and welcome to the world Noah. Such restraint not going to the hospital straight from the airport!! Love how you didn't know what sex he was until you arrived - great surprise. So how much did he end up weighing.

    Again, CONGRATULATIONS. Life has now officially changed forever. You're going to love it.

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  15. Just read your post again and found Noah's weight - 7.8 pounds in the old scale. Nice!!

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  16. Congratulations guys!!!! Just reading an earlier post of yours in March of 2009, where you a dream about the birth of your baby boy.. I think your dream has just come true.. He is adorable congratulations...

    Enjoy living the dream!!!!

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  17. OMG! He is BEAUTIFUL! And what gorgeous hair he has!

    Oh, you must be over the moon - both of you.

    Can't wait to see more pictures. Enjoy your time with Noddy. I am so happy for you.

    xxx

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  18. Congrats Guys!!!!! He is sooo cute! All that hair! It sounds exactly like when we first met Addison. Everyone (Rhonda) said we kept them waiting and waiting. It was such a long day. You guys look so happy. We can't wait to see you.

    Welcome Noah. You have two great daddies!! (Love the name Btw)

    CONGRATS!!

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  19. Yahoo! What wonderful news. I just heard it from the
    Docs and clicked over to your post. He is so precious and look at that head of hair. I am sure the 6 of you are all having a blast! Yes, I am inpatient when it comes to this amazing news. Can you blame me? Oh and by the way let little Noah know that Miss. Addison has been spoken for by Blaze. LOL
    Much, much congratulations guys. I couldn't be happier.

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  20. Congratulations guys! Great name and enjoy this precious first weeks in India! All the best

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  21. OMG! He is a gorgeous little boy! Congrats to you both and welcome Noah!!!

    Enjoy every minute...it goes way too fast!

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  22. What awesome news! Congratulations! A beautiful name and a beautiful boy to complete your family .Thanks for updating us all with the photos and news - can't wait to hear more!

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  23. Congrats guys, welcome Noah! You are so lucky to have two fab daddies :o)
    Guys you did it!
    Last few weeks many babies were born here in Mumbai with the help of SI and some brave Indian women.
    We cross fingers for more good news for the entire surrogacy family, here and elsewere.
    Darren and Johnny thanks for sharing your journey, we are at the residance for another two weeks, just acroos your hotel, will be great to meet after you settele down.
    KISS
    Arnon, Dan, Liron and Itay

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  24. Great pics and what a great head of hair! Wish I were so lucky!!! Enjoy your time and I guess I should say get some rest while you can in the hotel room. Big congratulatory hugs from the other side of the world...
    D and B

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  25. Congratulations to both Daddies on the birth of their beautiful baby boy! All the emotions and love that you feel now remind me of the memories of the birth of our own daughter that we had through surrogacy last year. Her first birthday party yesterday. Time will fly by as you will soon learn so cherish every moment and enjoy it!

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  26. Wow, you talk about my feral hair. Very gorgeous, very beautiful and I want him! Congratulations love Shar & Joel

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  27. Congratulations Johnny & Darren,
    Noah is absolutely Gorgeous.
    What a precious gift from God!
    You both look so happy!
    Enjoy every minute of parenthood.
    Just by the smile's on your faces I know that you are already!

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