Lesson of the day for me - Life is miraculous, and precious, and fragile. It can be taken away at any time, and it should not be taken for granted. It is also cyclical, and it renews itself as each new child is born. By instilling your values in your children as they grow, you can hope to leave the world a better place than you found it. For a few moments of tear-soaked clarity today after Carson was born, I fully understood what living is to me.
It was a pleasure and a hell of an evening
Truly was our night to win
But the authorities insist on my leaving
Take care my American friend
Let's keep this one focused on the expecting parents and grandparents, starting with Buckeye Parrothead. She has a BIG DAY on Tuesday and she needs all the support we can give here!!!
I'll keep watching this thread, offer support as I can, and edit my first post with updates from the expecting parents.
PHINS UP!!!
It was a pleasure and a hell of an evening
Truly was our night to win
But the authorities insist on my leaving
Take care my American friend
Mr Play wrote:Wow – what a day! We got to the hospital at 6AM. They hooked up the IV, gave her an epidural, and introduced pitocin around 8AM. She started having strong contractions and her water broke within an hour. The doctor arrived at 10:15 and she started pushing. The baby was turned sideways so the doctor had to use forceps to turn and extract him. It was scary for a minute but he came out fine and there were no complications. I don’t care how many times you see it – the miracle of life never loses its maginc. It is an unbelievable experience to witness the birth of a human being.
I was still nervous for the first hour or so, waiting to confirm that everything was ok. So far everything is fine and we expect to bring the baby home tomorrow or Saturday. I’m staying home with the older boys to keep some normalcy for them. My biggest concern right now is making sure that they don’t feel left out or neglected.
Here we are in pre-labor shortly before the induction. I’ll share more pictures in a separate thread.
live2ski wrote:Was this the first time you saw the forceps Bill?
Congrats I will be in your shoes in 7 or 8 weeks
No, Cameron needed a little help too.
Was Carson's whole body turned or just his head? Kyle's head was turned sideways but they didn't realize it until we went in for the c-section (after 4 1/2 hours of pushing!). The more I think about my birth with Kyle, the more angry I get with my old OB!
BuckeyeParrothead wrote:Was Carson's whole body turned or just his head? Kyle's head was turned sideways but they didn't realize it until we went in for the c-section (after 4 1/2 hours of pushing!). The more I think about my birth with Kyle, the more angry I get with my old OB!
He called it transverse and said the whole body was turned sideways. I leaned in to watch and he twisted the whole body around with them. I could tell he was a little anxious but he kept his cool and did a good job. I saw the doctor right after the circumcision when I got to the hospital this morning. I told him I knew it got a little hairy with the baby's position, and that I thought he did a hell of a job under pressure. He seemed to appreciate that.
It was a pleasure and a hell of an evening
Truly was our night to win
But the authorities insist on my leaving
Take care my American friend
live2ski wrote:Was this the first time you saw the forceps Bill?
Congrats I will be in your shoes in 7 or 8 weeks
No, Cameron needed a little help too.
My eldest son needed the forceps.....The doc thought I was going to pass out when she pulled those things out.
Yeah, they're pretty big - they'd make good salad tongs for a giant.
The other doc used them on Cameron more as spreaders with a little tug, but this one actually turned the body with them. I was really pretty impressed.
It was a pleasure and a hell of an evening
Truly was our night to win
But the authorities insist on my leaving
Take care my American friend
Mr Play wrote:
He called it transverse and said the whole body was turned sideways. I leaned in to watch and he twisted the whole body around with them. I could tell he was a little anxious but he kept his cool and did a good job. I saw the doctor right after the circumcision when I got to the hospital this morning. I told him I knew it got a little hairy with the baby's position, and that I thought he did a hell of a job under pressure. He seemed to appreciate that.
Hmm...they told me Kyle was transverse too but I just thought it was his head. Either way, they didn't offer forceps as an option (but again that could have been b/c they didn't know until they went in for the c-section!). I just wish I felt like my OB had explained everything a little better. Can anyone tell I'm getting a little anxious about having another c-section on Tuesday? But, it will be ok I'm sure.
By the way, I ate coleslaw yesterday (made out of the same thing saurkraut is, right?) and afterwards was having all kinds of contraction-like feelings. I wonder if I had eaten more if I would be in the hospital right now?
mermaidindisguise wrote:
On the subjuect of names - Les and I both like the name "Evan" but are having a hard time with a middle name that flows with Evan Criscillo......
I just have this thing about the "flow"....lol I kind of like Evan Michael - but if anyone has any good ideas... let me know.
I like Evan James...
flows well and it has the 'Jimmy' Buffett connection
mid and Les, I also like Evan James. I keep thinking about J names and like z-man says, James has the Buffett connection.
What are ya calling him already? Little EV?
(Hope you are sleeping, or at least resting better.)
Mr Play wrote:
He called it transverse and said the whole body was turned sideways. I leaned in to watch and he twisted the whole body around with them. I could tell he was a little anxious but he kept his cool and did a good job. I saw the doctor right after the circumcision when I got to the hospital this morning. I told him I knew it got a little hairy with the baby's position, and that I thought he did a hell of a job under pressure. He seemed to appreciate that.
Hmm...they told me Kyle was transverse too but I just thought it was his head. Either way, they didn't offer forceps as an option (but again that could have been b/c they didn't know until they went in for the c-section!). I just wish I felt like my OB had explained everything a little better. Can anyone tell I'm getting a little anxious about having another c-section on Tuesday? But, it will be ok I'm sure.
By the way, I ate coleslaw yesterday (made out of the same thing saurkraut is, right?) and afterwards was having all kinds of contraction-like feelings. I wonder if I had eaten more if I would be in the hospital right now?
