HD was born on Saturday, February 26 at 11:00am. He weighed in at 8lbs and 10oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Following is a brief happening of events.
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| Q with HD on his birthday |
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| I hope you have more hair than me, son. |
Q had slept on the couch Friday night, as she had done the previous few nights since it was more comfortable than the bed. She woke up at about 1:30am with some pretty strong contractions. By 7:00am they were getting more regular and then by around 8:30 - 9:00am they were coming about every 3 1/2 minutes. We left for the hospital by around 9:45 (I had been trying to get Q out the door more quickly, but she kept doing other things instead of getting ready). When I called the hospital to say we were coming, for some reason they told us to go to the ER. Once we got there the people at the ER told us we should have went straight to women's and children's.
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| Making faces at the camera |
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| What's up with the choke hold, huh? |
A couple of nurses had to wheel Q on a gurney over to the delivery room at women's and children's while I moved the car. The nurses had to take Q on the tram, and while in the tram they kept telling Q not to push! The time was getting very close. Once we finally made it to a delivery room around four or five nurses came in and very quickly got everything ready. The doctor came in shortly after and within probably 10 minutes of being in the room, HD was born.
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| Resting with a full stomach. |
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| Uppercut to the jaw |
The nurses put HD on Q's chest and he immediately gave her a warm greeting by peeing in her face. Although it did not even phase her, she was kind of in a state of shock at this point. Everything had happened so fast, and even though it was not planned this way, she had just given birth with out any drugs.
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| Sweet dreams |
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| The life of a newborn is so rough. |
We feel very blessed with all that has happened. The nurses and doctors were great, HD and Q are both healthy, Q has been recovering very well, and we've had terrific help from friends being supportive and taking care of our other two kids while we were in the hospital.
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| Firebolt keeps saying that she loves her brother so much. It's our challenge to make sure she doesn't smother him. :) |
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| Checking out the new arrival |
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| Welcome HD! |
2 comments:
Thanks guys, we're excited to have him! :)
Thanks Michelle. I think the kids are just lucky that they have a great mom. Jury's still out on the dad. :)
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