Happy Valentines Day to us one day early - Baby is here!
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Our second son, Colin Matthew, was born yesterday at 11:58 AM, weighing 8lb 4oz with a height of 20 inches. Photobucket link here: http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/a...lin%20Matthew/ The pics aren't exactly in order, but it's the best I could do one-handed on a laptop in my room.
Here's the short version: I had a bout of false labor Monday night - contractions were 6 minutes apart and lasting 1 minute, but by the time we got in, they had died. I was still only 2 cm dilated, so we went home. (Spencer had been dropped off Auntie Jill's that night, and stayed with her.) We didn't get home and asleep until 3 AM. I woke up at noon and we got on with our day. Around 6 PM I noticed more and stronger contractions that kept progressing, so we left for the hospital around 1:15. I was all checked in and ready to get going by 2:30 AM. Things went well for a few hours - I was using my breathing techniques and lounging in the tub. Eventually I could tell that things were progressing, and they checked me and said I was at 8cm. Yay! Unfortunately, I stayed there for FOUR HOURS. I just hit a wall and couldn't take it anymore.
My doctor laid out my options, and I went with the epidural. Wow - talk about relief! Within 90 minutes I was ready to push, and he came right out. My sister in law didn't have time to walk down the hall from the door of the maternity ward to my room before he popped right out - two or three contractions and maybe 7 pushes. We were totally surprised to see that we'd had a boy! We were convinced it was a girl, from my own gut feeling to my estimated ovulation date to the images from the ultrasound. However, we had names picked out for both anyway, and we're glad we did!
I'll post a longer story and more pics in a few days. It's bedtime for mommy!
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Our second son, Colin Matthew, was born yesterday at 11:58 AM, weighing 8lb 4oz with a height of 20 inches. Photobucket link here: http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/a...lin%20Matthew/ The pics aren't exactly in order, but it's the best I could do one-handed on a laptop in my room.
Here's the short version: I had a bout of false labor Monday night - contractions were 6 minutes apart and lasting 1 minute, but by the time we got in, they had died. I was still only 2 cm dilated, so we went home. (Spencer had been dropped off Auntie Jill's that night, and stayed with her.) We didn't get home and asleep until 3 AM. I woke up at noon and we got on with our day. Around 6 PM I noticed more and stronger contractions that kept progressing, so we left for the hospital around 1:15. I was all checked in and ready to get going by 2:30 AM. Things went well for a few hours - I was using my breathing techniques and lounging in the tub. Eventually I could tell that things were progressing, and they checked me and said I was at 8cm. Yay! Unfortunately, I stayed there for FOUR HOURS. I just hit a wall and couldn't take it anymore.
My doctor laid out my options, and I went with the epidural. Wow - talk about relief! Within 90 minutes I was ready to push, and he came right out. My sister in law didn't have time to walk down the hall from the door of the maternity ward to my room before he popped right out - two or three contractions and maybe 7 pushes. We were totally surprised to see that we'd had a boy! We were convinced it was a girl, from my own gut feeling to my estimated ovulation date to the images from the ultrasound. However, we had names picked out for both anyway, and we're glad we did!
I'll post a longer story and more pics in a few days. It's bedtime for mommy!
: Welcome little Colin! It always amazes me how soon after birth some mommas post! Amazing! Good work!
