Oscar has been for his first drive, and is in his first home, and with his first friend. He’s celebrating with a sleep.
Caroline is recovering well and we’ll be leaving the hospital shortly. Just need a de-briefing from the midwife. Hooray!
The results of this experiment are impressive. The font looks kind of smudgey, like old books whose type has leaked a little into the paper. However, it’s very readable, and has a lot of character (despite being ‘average’).
I like the name, too.
This 3D printing gets more and more real. It was only about 2 years ago that I read Cory Doctorow’s stories about 3D printing and intellectual property law. Printcrime is a short story definitely worth reading.
Oscar John Russell was born at 0015, 5th February 2012 (by c-section). He weighed in at a hefty 4.28kg (thatโs 9 lb 7!). It was a long labour, and very tiring for Caroline, but Oscar was calm and healthy throughout, and Caroline did a tremendous job! Read the rest of this entry »


Oscar John Russell was born at 0015, 5th February 2012 (by c-section). He weighed in at a hefty 4.28kg (that’s 9 lb 7!). It was a long labour, and very tiring for Caroline, but Oscar was calm and healthy throughout, and Caroline did a tremendous job!
Thanks everyone for moral support, prayers and well-wishing.
Especially big thanks to John, our neighbour, for stepping in where our car failed, to my mum for coming down from Rotherham to help but then being stuck alone for 13 hours in the hospital ๐ and to the midwives, doctors, anaesthetist and many assistants at The Lister delivery unit that got Oscar out of Caroline safely.
Thanks for joining in our labour!


We’re all fine. Caroline is very tired but not been in bad pain. She’s being prepared for theatre now. They’ll do an epidural then try instrumental and do c-section if that doesn’t work.
Oscar’s head is a bit skewif, which is maybe why its been a difficult delivery.
Looks like Oscar’s birthday will be Feb 5, not 4th :p