Friday, November 21, 2008

I finally have a moment to update the blog.
Here are some new photos of our little man from the last week.

Sponge Bath Time


All clean


Relaxing with dad





Eric surprised us with a huge stork announcing Caleb's arrival.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Our little Burrito!

Daddy and his little man

Deep in thought

Here are a few pictures that we have taken since being home. There are plenty more to come!
Caleb
Caleb and I with my midwife Margie

Our first family photo

Here are the fun details from the birth...
I feel very lucky that I was only in labor for 12hrs which is pretty good for a first time mom. I went into labor at about 3:40pm on Tuesday afternoon and I they were every 3-5 minutes apart. I called Eric and made sure he was on his way home from work. When he got home we headed off to the hospital where we waited to be admitted for about 2 hours and at this point I was 6cm. We made it to our room and I labored to 8cm and asked for the drugs. It was a lot harder than I expected and my blood pressure was getting higher with the stronger contractions. We rested for an hour and a half...I started to notice that I was feeling pains in my back again. Then I started feeling the full contractions again...no fun! They checked me and I was at 10 cm, this is when I pretty much broke down and started crying because it was so painful. They ended up giving me another epidural because we still had to wait for him to move down which ended up being another 2 hours. It took about 10 minutes and I was back in my happy place and we slept until they said it was time to push. I ended up pushing for 2 hours or so and baby Caleb made his way into the world. Eric and I both feel so blessed that he is healthy and a very good baby. I must say that I was a little shocked when Eric said it was a boy, but then I saw his adorable face and I was instantly in love.

Keeping checking our blog because I know to keep the grandmas happy...we will be posting new pictures all the time. :)




Friday, November 14, 2008

Hello World
Weighing in at 7 lb - 13 oz

I'm alittle cold
After my 1st bath I am warming up

The boys are asleep--finally
Striking a pose

He loves his mommy


Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Well we had our appointment yesterday afternoon and I am still 60% effaced, but 4 cm dilated...now we just wait for this stubborn child to come. Also my blood pressure was really high when we first got there and even higher when they took it again after we met with the MW. This is probably because the MW told me that they do not induce until 41 1/2 weeks and I was envisioning being pregnant for a couple of more weeks. Not the best feeling!! So after it was even higher they sent us over to the hospital to get monitored for about 2 hours. They also took some blood and ran some tests. Everything came back fine and now I am officially on bed rest until the baby comes...hopefully sooner than later! So now we wait!

Monday, November 03, 2008

Week 39



So I was wrong...we are still waiting for this baby to get here! We have our appointment tomorrow afternoon and hopefully it will be good news! I am ready to be done!