laborious
First of all, Happy belated Halloween. Even though Andrea spent most of the day hobbling around the house practicing her breathing skillz, we were still able to get Charlie out to enjoy his first ‘real’ Halloween. And by ‘real’, I mean that he fully understood that he was not only allowed, but encouraged to disguise himself and steal candy from strangers. He loved it.
Charlie’s a bat. We are half-assed Juno.Today, we dropped Andrea off at the hospital to have a non-stress test. The doctor decided it was best if she just stayed for the duration of her pregnancy. I took that to mean that Charlie and I would be bachelors for the next couple of weeks. I was wrong. As usual.
I’ll try to update progress through the evening.
8:15 pm
Water is broken, contractions are intensifying.
Hospital ‘fishnet’ undies are HAWT!
9:15 pm
Epidural is in. Andrea can no longer get me ice chips from down the hall.
In related news, Mike Rowe is delivering a baby calf on Dirty Jobs.
11:01pm
tubes.
1:15am (post time change), Nov. 2nd
I woke to some nurses rolling carts and equipment around, calling for the doctor, slipping on rubber gloves. Thought maybe I should get up. After a few short pushes—~15 minutes, Betababy has arrived.
Mom and Baby are doing well. More details and photos to come.
Happy Birthday, Baby Girl. Welcome to the world.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Thinking of you guys and doing sympathy breathing exercises.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Thinking of all of you and sending lots of love and strength your way for a perfect delivery! I’m so excited for you guys and can’t wait to hear about Beta Baby’s arrival.
November 1st, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I hope everything goes well this evening. HOW EXCITING!
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 am
Congratulations! really happy for you guys.
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 am
Congratulations! She is precious!
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
She is so cute. Look at that face! Wow - can’t wait to meet her and see you guys!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Congratulations to the new four-person family! She’s beautiful.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Well done. She is adorable!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 am
She’s beautiful! She looks like she’s smiling already!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you all!
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
Congratulations. You will love your Scorpio daughter. I have one and she is awesome. Charlie is getting so big. Hope all is well with you, and again, congratulations on a successful birth of your new baby. Can’t wait to hear how Charlie does with his baby sister.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
Welcome to the world great-niece! Good job Andrea and Jon, you make beautiful babies together. Can’t wait to meet her in person. Love you all!
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:59 am
Welcome to the world, pretty girl!
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
She is absolutely beautiful! So happy for you and your family.
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
AGH! Congratulations!! I go away for one minute and things happen!!!
WOO HOO!
She is just LOVELY!!!!
Can’t wait for more details. YEA!!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Oh what a cuttie!! I am so happy for you all. Congratulations!
November 5th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Congratulations! You guys watched Dirty Jobs during labor too? They had a marathon on the whole time we were in the hospital. Surprisingly, we both loved it.