Dirklan has been ready and waiting to be born
since around the year of 1986 (that's when his big brother
Harrison was born) -- in 1983 his father wrote a short
story called "Fearsweat," featuring a character named
"Harrison Dirklan."
Carolena was delighted to provide entry into the world
for Dirklan (Genevieve, if this birth turned out to be a girl).
She was very open in her desire to have a baby boy,
especially after the wonderful experience with her baby
girl's birth almost two years before.
Carolena astonished doctors and nurses and
relatives and strangers alike in her almost miraculous
accomplishment of healthy natural birth, with hardly a noise
of discomfort, even displaying the strength to joke during
some tsunami-sized contractions.
Still, with that champion experience beneath her belt,
she was a little nervous about the upcoming delivery. Even
by just going by the size of her belly, you'd think this would
be at least a 12-pound baby, if not bigger.
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