5:45am- We leave for the hospital to pick up our baby
5:55am- We get to the hospital and nobody is in sight. Kind of freaky. We don't see anyone until we get to the Labor area
6:05am- We get into the room and Laura gets ready to go. The room is HUGE. Couch...TV...Cable...all for the baby and Laura of course.
6:06am- I turn on ESPN (Don't make fun of me--1) We don't have cable 2) It's Super Bowl Sunday 3) No contractions and amniotic fluid is still in place--I'm a good husband :)
6:10am- The nurses come in to get Laura situated. They stick her about 10 times for the IV before putting it in her hand. They strap Laura up. Baby-Good. Mom-Good. I'm getting breakfast.
6:55am- Oxytocin is started...Game Time
6:58am- Laura finds remote and turns it to TBS. (Who does she think she is?)
7:50am- So...by "game time" I really meant "wait time". Laura just started contracting, but not major or regular.
8:50am- Laura is good...nothing is on TV
11:00am- Laura is watching TV
4:00pm- I am watching TV
5:30pm- Super Bowl time. I predict the Giants to make a game out of it, but get beaten in the 4th quarter. GO GIANTS!
Half Time- (notice I'm not even looking at the clock anymore) Game is pretty good, but not a great game. It's 7-3. Oh yeah, Laura's contractions are getting stronger. We have stopped calling people b/c they expect that the baby should be here.
HOLY COW!!! That play by Eli was CRAZY! Easily the most unexpected play to come from Eli. I thought he was sacked for sure...and what an amazing catch! He is officially my favorite quarterback. I'm on the Eli bandwagon.
Game over- That's the best Super Bowl I've seen in a while. Good game.
15 min. after game...Laura is ready to push. She pushes through two contractions and the nurse says we have to wait for the Doctor to push anymore.
25 min. after game...Doctor arrives, and Laura pushes through 4 contractions and out comes Ansley (7lbs 13 oz.--19 in.).
On a more serious note, Laura had a few complications after the delivery. The doctor was having trouble getting her to stop bleeding. It seriously took him about 15 min. He said that she lost twice what you would lose when giving blood. Needless to say, she is still not 100%, but she is doing good and is at home.
KJ is doing good too. She seems to be a little unsure about having a little sister, but appears to be excited.
Ansley is doing good. She is a beautiful baby, and loves to sleep...except between the hours of 8pm-6am. Besides that, she sleeps great.
Here's a picture. Just click on it to see some more.
5 comments:
Hey guys????? You left us hanging! What hapened next? Is she here yet? We've been wondering and praying :)
I keep checking to see if you're going to update!! Guess you're not ... I'll just assume congratulations are in order ... CONGRATULATIONS!!! :o)
So glad to hear everyone is home and doing well. Please tell Laura we are praying for a quick recovery for her and we hope you can all get some rest sometime in the next year!:) Baby Ansley is precious! Thanks for the update!!
Cool! I'm glad you finished the updates. Sounds like all is well. Every time I see a pic of KJ I am amazed by how much she looks like Laura - so beautiful!! Give Ansley a kiss for me!
Congratulations you guys. I have been wondering about you guys and was so excited to see that everything went great. The pictures are precious. Give Laura a big hug for me. Maybe we can all meet up sometime. Take care of all your girls!
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