(Imported from haveyouhadyourbabyyet.blogspot.com)
I'll try to recap the timeline of yesterday.
* 7am - medium strength contractions
* 7:45 - Andrej off to work
* 9:00 - strong contractions
* 9:50 - Jessica's phone call to Andrej
* 11:00 - Jessica and Andrej leaving the house off to the hospital
* 12:00 - We're in a delivery room, dilated at 3, contractions every 3-5 minutes
* 2:30 - Epidural
* 3:30 - Baby's heartbeat started to fluctuate so instead of the regular 140-150 it was 50-175 and repeatedly sounded the monitor's alarm. Multiple resident doctors present at our room just staring at the monitors, whispering to each other, and turning the alarms off.
* 4:00 - Completely dilated, contractions almost continuous (our doctor still not present)
* 4:20 - All the staff (6-8 by now) started seriously considering C-section due to baby's fluctuating heartrate.
* 4:40 - Our doctor showed up and brought an expert on forceps to see if there is any hope of the baby coming naturally - the decision was to give it a quick try otherwise… Jessica showed them some serious pushing which gave all of us hope.
* 4:50 - Baby was delivered by the help of forceps. Baby came out fine and the initial scary blue turned into more natural color. Since they had to deliver the baby very quickly, they weren't able to be as gentle so Jessica is going to be recovering a little longer.
* 5:30 - Jessica was finally allowed to hold the baby (until then they were still working on Jessica - so I had the baby almost all to myself).
* 6-7 - First shot on nursing went quite well.
* 7:30 - They moved us to the postpartum section of the floor where we should stay until Thursday if all goes well.
* 12-12:45 - Second nursing went quite well.
* 12:50am - Jessica's parents finally made it to the hospital (one of their flights got canceled due to some T-storms.)
* 2:00 - The went baby to the nursery so we could get some sleep (which ended by 5:00am due baby's hunger)
I hope this brings to light into my scattered audio posts from yesterday. Thank you for your prayers once again!
Andrej
We are back home, after an exciting weekend, with a precious brand new person, two delightfully exhausted parents, two overjoyed grandparents and one big sister who can't get enough kisses and big "huggies" from baby Tobi. We couldn't be prouder or more thankful for the new blessing God has given us. Our little Tobi is healthy, beautiful and the sweetest little boy I've ever seen, and rightfully named as Tobias means "God is good!" The following is a recap of his birth story. (Read more …)