Bern, September 11, 1948<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear sisters,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You must have received Maury\u2019s telegram \u2013 Pedro was born yesterday, the 10th<\/sup>, at 7:30 a.m. I\u2019m writing in the middle of the night of the 11th<\/sup>, because I can\u2019t sleep properly. We are very happy, Maury and I: the child is healthy, strong, weighs about three kilos, six hundred \u2013 for now he looks just like Maury\u2026 I suffered a lot. The doctor thought the baby was late and I was admitted to the hospital on the 9th<\/sup> in the morning. They started to provoke pains through injections. At 2 p.m. my water started to break and at 2:30 p.m. the pains settled in. I suffered from 2:30 p.m. on the 9th<\/sup> until 7 something on the 10th<\/sup>. But despite the strong and frequent pains the dilation, for reasons as yet unknown, didn\u2019t happen. So, the doctor decided to do a caesarean. Don\u2019t be frightened, everything went well. But at the time the doctor and nurses were not looking good, they were a little impressed. I said that if it was a matter of waiting and suffering, I would wait, as long as the child was not in danger. But the doctor said the child would be in danger if he was not born soon, because he couldn\u2019t guess the reasons for the delay; that my pelvis was wide enough and that the child was in a good position. Maury and I signed a paper saying that we were in agreement and that we were responsible. This entire necessary scene cost us a lot of nerves. At 7 o\u2019clock the doctor decided to operate, at 7:15 they put the gas mask on me, at 7:30 Gildinho was born \u2013 he was born so alive and happy \u2026 The doctor said that he had barely opened my belly and the boy jumped and cried: that his first cry came from within me still\u2026 I then had a bad spell with the anesthesia\u2013 vomiting and each retching movement was painful. Now I have a bit of a cough and each cough is painful\u2026 Maury is sleeping in the room, exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 13th<\/sup> \u2013 My dears, I am very well: the doctor says that I\u2019m fine. I haven\u2019t had a fever since yesterday and today I\u2019ve already had a rice broth that gave me a lot of strength. Frankly, I couldn\u2019t be better. Pedrinho is so funny, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s very handsome, but he\u2019s a ball. He has (long) black hair, dark eyes, a nose that is for the moment a little bit thick, huge cheeks and a bird\u2019s beak mouth, and long fingers. Everything about him comes from Maury. A very cute child. I re-read the part written in the early hours of the 10th<\/sup> to the 11th<\/sup>, at 3 in the morning, and Maury read it \u2013 we were astounded how the letter is logical and correct, it doesn\u2019t seem like I was under narcosis yet. Maury says the only explanation for such a clear letter at such a time is because it was addressed to you two\u2013 from the beginning my concern was you. Pedrinho sends a kiss to Uncle William! And tell Marcinha\u2013dear that he belongs to her, that she will play with him as much as she wants and that the baby is hers. Maury is very happy. He had a hard time. When they said that the child had been born, he asked if it was a boy or girl. When I awoke from the anesthesia, he showed me the child and I said he had the face of a taxi driver and that he was ugly. Maury seems to have been saddened by this and it was hard to convince him that I had spoken while still drugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leinha dear, I received your letter from the 8th<\/sup>, it was so good to hear anything from you, even before the birth. You received the telegram Maury sent, right? It was the first he sent because he knew how anxious I was for you all to know. It\u2019s not yet known if I will have milk because with a C-section in any case it takes time to come. Maury has been so nice and affectionate, he\u2019s been sleeping here every night, even though this is no longer necessary. But today he\u2019s going home. My dear sisters, I miss you. I\u2019ll teach Pedrinho to like you as much as I do. He\u2019s also called Gildo, because it\u2019s very glamorous. And he\u2019s also called Kina-Redoxon, which is the name of a good flu medicine. A big kiss for Filomeninha. A big hug for William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My love to you both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clarice<\/p>\n\n\n\n P.S.: Here are two snapshots of Pedrinho on the second day, for you both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6092,"parent":6511,"menu_order":12,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6484","acervo","type-acervo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n