Internet access at the hospital has been down forever!! I finally called IT, they said a switch was down. What's a switch?
Anyhow, Carrie is such a trooper. She did an amazing job in labor. She was at 3cm at 12:00pm and reached full dilation around 4:30 and ready to push. Jack's head was down, but his face was up. Normally babies are born faced/head down. Since his head was up, this made it much more difficult to get him past Carrie's pelvic bone. I held Carrie's left leg, the nurse held the right one, and the Doc was in the middle running the show. As contractions would come, Carrie would push as hard as she could. Jack was being stubborn. We could see his head get to a certain point, but as soon as Carrie would stop pushing, he would slide back up to where he started. This went on for about an hour and a half. The Doc threatened Carrie with the vacuum if she didn't get him out soon...that gave her motivation! Not long after that a final push and out came Jack's head. When his head came out, we could see that the umbilical chord was around his neck and face. I had the quickest and most intense flash of terror...although with so much going on at one time, it was hard to lock in on any one emotion. Almost immediately Doc cut the chord and cleared his nose and throat, all while his body was still inside of Carrie. One more push and out came the whole dude! He was fine and we were thrilled!! Many tears and cheers followed.
We are in recovery now, set to leave tomorrow morning. I can't wait to play him some good music. To be continued.....
Anyhow, Carrie is such a trooper. She did an amazing job in labor. She was at 3cm at 12:00pm and reached full dilation around 4:30 and ready to push. Jack's head was down, but his face was up. Normally babies are born faced/head down. Since his head was up, this made it much more difficult to get him past Carrie's pelvic bone. I held Carrie's left leg, the nurse held the right one, and the Doc was in the middle running the show. As contractions would come, Carrie would push as hard as she could. Jack was being stubborn. We could see his head get to a certain point, but as soon as Carrie would stop pushing, he would slide back up to where he started. This went on for about an hour and a half. The Doc threatened Carrie with the vacuum if she didn't get him out soon...that gave her motivation! Not long after that a final push and out came Jack's head. When his head came out, we could see that the umbilical chord was around his neck and face. I had the quickest and most intense flash of terror...although with so much going on at one time, it was hard to lock in on any one emotion. Almost immediately Doc cut the chord and cleared his nose and throat, all while his body was still inside of Carrie. One more push and out came the whole dude! He was fine and we were thrilled!! Many tears and cheers followed.
We are in recovery now, set to leave tomorrow morning. I can't wait to play him some good music. To be continued.....
3 comments:
Carrie you'll have to fill us in all the details of the delivery part. I missed (didn't go thru) that part. Charles you are so wonderful. Rest well and have lots of soup to help your milk supply.
Oh, Jack is sooooo cute in this photo. His little personality is coming thru early.
Carrie, I am so proud of you! I knew you'd do great. You guys are already making such fabulous parents. Jack is one lucky guy.
P.S. Now that he's here, when are you going to get him a mini horse?
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