The book-party babies are all here!

I just heard the wonderful news that my friend Meema gave birth last week to baby Django (named after jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt; he is the second or third baby Django I have heard of in NYC). This means, drumroll please, that all five of the babies who attended my book party in utero last January have arrived safe and sound! Django joins Samantha, Julia, Quentin, and Fiona. Here is an interesting stat, though, three of these four deliveries were C-sections. One of the births was planned this way (the twins), the other two were emergency C-sections after long labors--five DAYS of at-home labor in one case. Was this 75 percent rate of C-sections due to the fact that my friends are all "older" moms (all in their late 30s, which in NY mom years is not old at all, but in medical jargon is). Or because we live in New York? Or just the way the dice of childbirth fate were rolled in this particular group? Bottom line is all the babies are adorable and healthy, and I have no one to go to the theater with anymore, since everyone is home feeding or nursing. Well, I guess I'll see Spring Awakening on my own! Congrats to all the new moms.