Version 2 Released

On January 14, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Áine Tinuola Brennan was born at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. She was 19½ inches long at birth and weighed 7 pounds. You can see Áine in the picture over there to the left, as well as part of her mother Leslie’s arm and hand. So far most people seem to think she looks more like her mom than her dad, except for the skin colour which is a lot closer to mine.

By an amazing coincidence, January 14^th is also my mother Jo and late father Terry’s birthday. As my cousin Daragh said, she’s “the first Brennan with perfect timing”.

Her first name is Irish and is pronounced “awn-ya”. It means “splendour, radiance, brilliance” and is also a slight variation on my paternal grandmother’s name (that link takes you to a article written by my late uncle).

Her middle name is Yoruba and was picked out for us by Leslie’s father. It means “she who was loved from conception”.

Her arrival was a little scary—we had a placental abruption during the birth. Thankfully, the nurse on duty recognized the severity of the problem and tripped the alarm, which got a team of about 10 doctors and nurses into the room to perform an emergency delivery. Thankfully they were able to get Áine safely out of the birth canal and start her breathing on her own before she suffered any harm.

We’ve been home for a couple of nights now. Mother and daughter are doing well although last night Áine discovered cluster feeding at about 2 AM, so we’re not exactly alert. Leslie, the cats and I are all adjusting to the new situation as well as can be expected.

And if you thought I was talking about some other version 2, well, I apologize. Sort of.

Kevin Brennan, CBAP
Proud Dad

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