Falcon
December 13, 2022 In the spring of 2022 Jason and I decided that we wanted to give birth to our child in Mexico. After a lot of research, which included talking to many other Moms, we chose the town of La Paz on the Baja Peninsula. In August 2022 we left Ocean Falls on our sailboat and began our journey southwards. After a roughly 5,000-kilometer migration, similar to that of many humpback whales, we arrived in our birthing grounds at the beginning of November. The warm waters and sunny warm days made the final month of pregnancy a pleasant experience and we kept busy with many projects on the boat, long beach walks daily, and almost daily swimming. On December 13, 2022 at 5:33 pm, Falcon Aksel Dalgaard Eno Tanner was born in La Paz, with midwives in attendance. He was healthy and well, and weighed 7lbs 10oz. We were fortunate that my labour was quick and fairly painless, and I have had a speedy recovery. At five d...