Leisa & Michael are very happy to welcome young Ruben Patrick Murphy to the world.
He made his appearance on Wednesday 2 January 2008 at 9.15pm in a birthpool in our dining room after a fairly short and productive labour that kicked off around 5am that morning. He was a week early, born spot on 39 weeks – a good two or three weeks before we expected to see him!
He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces (or about 3.5kg) and measured in at about 53cms. We think he’s pretty perfect, especially now that his head looks a little less alien.
Everyone is doing really well and we have settled in for a ‘getting to know you’ intensive session which involves lots of sleeping, eating and learning the language of ‘baby’ – as well as getting to grips with the puzzle of poppers that is his clothing!
We are all immensely grateful to our wonderful midwives, Teresa & Annie of South London Independent Midwives who have been amazing from the first time we met them, who supported us through out pregnancy both physically and psychologically!, through a labour and birth that we couldn’t have hoped to be better, and who continue to pop in daily to answer our silly questions and help us come to grips with how to look after this little bundle who’s now a part of our lives. We’re so pleased that we had them there for us throughout the journey, and that we surprised ourselves and decided to try for a natural home birth – both were definitely the right decisions for us.
Meanwhile – there is sleep to be had, so we’d better go have some!
More stories from the front line as they emerge… with apologies in advance for typos from one handed typing 🙂
We are so proud of you both and think the web-page is a fantastic way of showing off to us all your beatifull bundle of joy. Mum said she thinks he is a beatiful little man and we all love his name. From my perspective, to have another beatiful Grandson bearing my name Patrick is so humbeling. Ruben has a great start, with two parents who are so devoted to his health and welfare. I think the Alien photo looks great, and the second one in which he looks to have a black eye. We wish you all the very best of health and happiness. We all think for someone who has just given birth, Leisa, you look fantastic.
Love
Mum, Dad and Uncle Mick.
Dear Lisa and Mick,
Congratulations on your new little addition to the family!!
Ruben is absolutely divine.Of course!
Am in awe of the home birth / natural child birth (does that mean no drugs?? gooodddnnnessss).
Enjoy your new journey as parents.
Lots and lots of love from Australia.
Tanya.
xxx
Congratulations! Really happy and excited for you two (er… three!)
Looking forward to getting a chance to see you next time I come to London.
Congratulations! Ruben looks like a gorgeous little bundle of joy! Take care, and hopefully I’ll be able to pop round soon to meet the wee man.
Welcome, Ruben. It’s not that scary out here, I promise.
Wow, congrats Leisa!! I am a bit dumbstruck! To think I ate lovely food in the space where a few weeks later your beautiful little boy was born in a pool naturally!! I am so impressed and SO happy for you and Mick!
I love the name Ruben too! Ruben Murphy… love it!
And in agreement with a few other commenters… I can’t believe how gorgeous you look even though you just gave birth! 🙂
xx
Congradulations, Ruben’s got the Murphy spunk, looks like its up to me to have a girl or two.
See you at the end of August
Dan & Mikahla
you just can’t go wrong with a kid named after a sandwich! congrats to all of you – how amazing to do it all at home (does that REALLY mean no drugs????????)
xxxx
well… I had two panadols, but that was mostly just to keep Mick happy.
This wasn’t deliberate though – no one offered me drugs and I was too busy to think about them I think 🙂
Leisa and Mick,
We found your web site…. what a handsome little boy. Know you both will be very proud. Congratulations to you both.
Lots of hugs and kisses for Ruben and you to Lisa as you did all the had work.
Lots of love
Uncle Ian and Aunty Noelene
just been looking at the pictures of little ruben what a dear little boy you must be both very proud of him congratulations to you both.
lots of love uncle mike and aunty kaye
Hey there,
Congrats on the on the little one, he is so gorgeous. Hope everythings goin well. Lov to catch up one day. All the best for the future.
Lov always
Leanne & Mark
Hi
What an awesome way of showing off your little baby Ruben to the relo’s and friends and the world . Janet fowarded the contact .Congratulations to your family for the future .(Dont worry , my Mum -Helen said the first 5 are the hardest and it gets easier after that)
Regards from the Gold Coast ,Australia
Brian Reichelt
Hi there you clever people!! How lovely to meet you online like this. Noelene told us about the site this morning so have emailed ‘my’ mob to let them know too.
We do hope to get over there one day … Bill’s niece, Joanne, and husband live up at Cumbria so we’d love to go over while they are still there.
Helen and Brad live in West Papua New Guinea at the moment – Brad’s job is to teach the indigenous people how to maintain and repair machinery used in mining. Bill and I fly out with them this Wed. for 4 days in Cairns then to Kuala Kinchana (not sure of the spelling) for two weeks with them and our beautiful grandchildren, Mitchell, almost 3 and Shae a dear little girl 17 months.
Lots of love Janet