YKYOWTR when your family member has their first baby it makes you think of Alix.
My cousin had her first baby a few weeks ago and it was a good as birth as any, she didn't need an epidural or an episiotomy (cutting of the vagina to allow easy access of baby's shoulders to come out) although she did need a lot of stitches as she tore.
She made me think of Alix and when she gave birth to Olga, Nicholas' diary entry. The amazement to see this tiny being that has grown inside, suddenly out in the open. Only two weeks before my cousin had seen me and she was very pregnant. It was an amazing experience holding the baby.