us at the hospital.
Jun
30
Burping
us at the hospital.
Jun
30
Best Dad Ever !
What a guy!
Jun
27
Details
After a nice relaxing evening at Santana Row on Friday night, we went to bed at a reasonable hour (11pm).
4:30 am, Julie bolted upright, and felt her water start to break. We both got excited, and started timing the contractions (which were low-pain at that time). They were very consistent - every 2-4 minutes, and they lasted about 60 seconds. Things calmed down a bit, until at 5:30am her second water membrane ruptured. Contractions were still not too bad, but we called up our midwife to let her know.
6:45 am rolls around, and BAM the contractions quickly became _very_ intense! My wife is a TROOPER!!! It was very obvious that her world was being absolutely torn apart for almost exactly 60 seconds every 2-3 minutes. She labored in the tub, with a hot water nozzle trying to provide a modicum of relief.
7:45 am - Julie got mini pushing urges, which clearly communicated that it was time to go to the hospital!! We arrived at Good Samaritan at 8:00 am, just to be tortured by an elevator that wouldn't come! Julie gritted her teeth together, and made it up the stairs between contractions! Wow!
8:10 am - First nurse checks Julie, and she's already 8 cm! Maybe 20 minutes later, she was at 9.5 cm! Finally, 10 cm arrives, and Julie was allowed to start pushing!
Then, at 9:09 am, all 8 lb 3 oz / 20.5" of Leo entered the world!!
Turns out Julie lost well over 1 L of blood, so the excitement wasn't over ... more to come ...
4:30 am, Julie bolted upright, and felt her water start to break. We both got excited, and started timing the contractions (which were low-pain at that time). They were very consistent - every 2-4 minutes, and they lasted about 60 seconds. Things calmed down a bit, until at 5:30am her second water membrane ruptured. Contractions were still not too bad, but we called up our midwife to let her know.
6:45 am rolls around, and BAM the contractions quickly became _very_ intense! My wife is a TROOPER!!! It was very obvious that her world was being absolutely torn apart for almost exactly 60 seconds every 2-3 minutes. She labored in the tub, with a hot water nozzle trying to provide a modicum of relief.
7:45 am - Julie got mini pushing urges, which clearly communicated that it was time to go to the hospital!! We arrived at Good Samaritan at 8:00 am, just to be tortured by an elevator that wouldn't come! Julie gritted her teeth together, and made it up the stairs between contractions! Wow!
8:10 am - First nurse checks Julie, and she's already 8 cm! Maybe 20 minutes later, she was at 9.5 cm! Finally, 10 cm arrives, and Julie was allowed to start pushing!
Then, at 9:09 am, all 8 lb 3 oz / 20.5" of Leo entered the world!!
Turns out Julie lost well over 1 L of blood, so the excitement wasn't over ... more to come ...
Jun
27
My first shot at feeding
Since Julie lost so much blood & couldn't breastfeed, and Leo had low blood sugar and needed sustinence, I got to feed my son!
Jun
27
Update II
Julie is doing better. They are moving to the mother / baby unit now. We will post pictures later - they won't upload to the blog from my phone.
Jun
27
Update
Leo is doing great. Julie is doing well too, but, she doesn't feel too great. She lost over 1 liter of blood. She is recovering and napping and requests your prayers.
Amy
Jun
27
Baby Handel on the Way!!
We are at the hospital now. Julie is doing great. She is 9 centimeters dialated.
Amy
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