We recently had a fantastic vacation in Mallorca, Spain. A dear friend got married in the countryside on a gorgeous estate overlooking olive and almond groves surrounded by friends and family. Eleanor thoroughly enjoyed herself; she was elbow deep in paella at the rehearsal dinner, danced the night away with her daddy at the wedding, and swam in the chilly but beautiful pool the following day. Prior to the wedding, we spent several days enjoying morning coffee on the veranda, exploring tiny Mallorcan villages tucked away in the mountains, hiking to a secret cove, and soaking up the Spanish lifestyle of sangria, olives and siestas. What fun!
Barbara was the happy M.O.B. (mother of the bride) on April 11, when her daughter Jen married Tim O’Reilly in a ceremony on the Linden Terrace, in Fort Tryon Park. There were 210 friends and family gathered to fete the couple at the sunny if rather chilly exchange of vows, and we all danced and ate and partied until late at the reception at La Marina afterwards.
Barbara, daughter Jen & her husband Tim at the wedding reception
Clementine, Kendall & Kieran top off the wedding festivities with homemade butter pecan ice cream at Grandma’s house, after midnight
Just back from Charlottesville, Virginia, where I visited my granddaughter Kendall, a freshman at the University of Virginia. Snow snow snow there all day Saturday – lovely, but tough going. We decided against a visit to Monticello (next time!) and the official tour of the university was cancelled, so I got an unofficial tour from Kendall. Thomas Jefferson’s “Academical Village” is beautiful. Kendall’s aunt, my younger daughter Jen Pahlka (founder and CEO of Code for America) came down Saturday night after a speech in DC. By that time the snow had turned to sleet and the roads were ice-covered, so we had a perilous trip from the train station after picking her up! But it was great to be able to have dinner and then breakfast the next day with both of them. My journey home on Amtrak featured snowy fields and forests under blue skies all the way up the NE Corridor. I love train travel!
- 54 total deliveries, of which 45 were vaginal
- 1 of these was a vacuum delivery
- 2 of these were VBAC’s (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
- 3 other patients who had previously had a Cesarean birth had a repeat Cesarean
- 1 = prolapsed cord
- 1 = breech
- 1 = non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracing
- 6 patients had primary Cesarean deliveries
- 5 of these were for non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings.
Several had meconium and/or a cord around the neck.
- 1 of these was for a 10 lb. 8 oz baby
- Of the vaginal births, 32 women had no stitches
- 7 had a first degree perineal laceration which was repaired
- 6 had a second degree perineal laceration which was repaired
CBS Midwifery was established in 1982. The last delivery was the 3,711th, on May 16, 2018.