us at the hospital.
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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 ...
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!
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.
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
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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