Well, I'm typing this with a little chunky chunk, as e likes to call him, sleeping on my lap. This is our first night back home, and so far our sleep/feed schedule is not working out as well as it did for 2 nights in the hospital.
We went in the hospital Wed night so that e could start on meds to prepare her for being induced the next morning. That medication made her crampy and uncomfortable despite the ambien to help her sleep, so we started off on the right foot with only an hour of sleep the first night. In the morning they didn't even start e on pitocin because the preparatory medication already had her contracting enough. They broke her water at about 7:25, and by 7:28 she was experiencing the first painful contraction. That got her pretty scared, but when the epidural went in at 8:30 life was beautiful.
Once the epi started taking effect the ambien remaining in her system let e sleep pretty well, giving me a chance to nap. The midwife started e's pitocin at about 9. At 10 her exam showed 8-9 cm, and at 11 the midwife was looking at the top of MJ's head. She got e to start pushing at 11:05, and we had a little son at 11:28!
I had more to write but got distracted by the phone. I realized that it was a decent hour in Spain and decided to call several of our friends over there. During that time MJ started getting ready to feed so I woke mama up.
So now you get the short version, which is that he's a healthy little boy and mama's doing great, too. We had him Thursday morning and checked out Saturday afternoon.
Let's see....what else...oh yeah, anyone for a picture? here he is:
Ok, 5:27 now...started this at about 4....time for some more sleep while mama's feeding him. We've decided to keep the specifics off of the website, so if you're a friend/family member and want the details, email and we'll get them to you.
