Our daughter got a brother on monday.  Mom was paleo from before the start of the pregnancy.  Duncan James Dew was born 11:12 pm EST on 2010.02.01, 8 lb 7.3 oz, 21.5 inches.  Delivery was unmedicated.

Mom had to go into labor twice.  On sunday night, we went to the hospital at about 11 pm when her contractions were 4 minutes apart and moderately strong, but when we got there, we were hit by a couple of unexpected problematic hospital policies.  The contractions stopped, probably due to stress, and they sent us home.

Then the contractions started again on monday night, and we got to the same point a little before 10 pm.  Since we didn't want to be turned back again, we waited half an hour longer, by which time the contractions were strong enough that mommy was screaming.  The baby came at 11:12 pm, about half an hour after we reached the hospital.

Counting our daughter two years ago, my wife has gone into labor three times, each time shortly after darkness fell.  I'm wondering if the darkness thing is her body's preferred time to give birth - or the kids' preferred time to be born - perhaps because it's easier to hide from predators for a few hours at night.  And of course, labor stopping if the environment turns hostile - in this case when we discovered the unexpected problematic hospital policies, but in a cave man's case an unexpected situation that would likely be more life threatening - would also make sense.

8 lb 7.3 oz is a good sized little boy too.

Yes.  I think paleo might have something to do with that, as his sister was slightly under 7 pounds at birth, which was just before we started paleo.  That said, my weight at birth was about the same as the boy, and my wife was about the same as his sister.

Congratulations!    Its good to see more kids being brought up paleo.

Now you're in trouble though.  Two kids is more than 2x the work of one 

I can't understand how anyone could have a third   

Congratulations! That's a big boy! 

Congratulations!  My little boy is also called Duncan. 

Congrats!  And give mama my kudos for doing it naturally (physiologically if you may).  Some people say don' t be a martyr and you don't get a medal for going natural, but it is so worth it.  Three of my babies were unmedicated labors.

And as for the night time thing.  Yes, if a woman is allowed to labor without intervention most babies will be born, or at least labor will start and progress at night.  I think that is why so many doctors like ot induce women, so they can control their work day hours alittle better.

Congrats Warren, Mum and Big sis!

So exciting to have a new one to cuddle!  Good size baby for sure!  Big, strapping lad!

Heh, don't get me started on that.  And of course a scheduled caesarian is even better for the convenience of the doctor.  I'm not saying doctors consciously make the choices in those terms, but I think it has a subtle but pervasive subconscious effect.

I think it is quite sad how many caesarians are performed without medical need. Only a tiny percentage of caesarians performed in affluent english speaking countries are actually for medical reasons. That said, I don't have to pop the sprogs out through a small orifice.