| HOT LINKS OPINION SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE PUBLIC NOTICES SUBSCRIBERS CONTACT US Journey of fatherhood JULIANA RENNO , June 20, 2005 It was midafternoon on Wednesday and the receptionist at Mercy Medical Center's Family BirthPlace was clear: no baby yet. "They're still working on it," she said. The work was delivering a baby -- the first one for Roseburg couple Kent Rochester, 44, and his wife Jeanne, 36. Kent, who works at the Roseburg Visitors and Convention Bureau, and Jeanne, who works at SofTech Inc., have been thinking about this moment since they found out she was pregnant last year. Her labor was induced on Tuesday, but things were moving slowly. Kent was at the hospital the whole time. Tired, trying to squeeze in a nap, but anxious to meet his baby. By Thursday their baby had not arrived, but the ho
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