Suburban Rhythm
09-10-2006, 09:39 PM
Our son, Sammy, was born Thursday afternoon. He was actually 5 days LATE.
Things are starting to look better, but he had a pretty rough start. We got to the hospital about 2:30am, after getting big sister Lucy to Grammy and Paps house. With Lucy, my wife's water broke, so they got the epidural going before she was having any serious contractions--not this time. She was in some PAIN as we got into the hospital.
So, they do the epidural, things calm down a little, and by about 10:15, the contractions are about 2 minutes apart.
3 hours later, he's still taking his sweet old time to come into the world. After much discussion, my wife, tired as hell by this point, decides to defer to the doc's decision for a C section-- not her intentions in the beginning, but also wanted everyone to be safe.
No complications during the C section. But, as one team of doctors is working on sewing up my wife, another group has Sam...but no crying. [My wife is a ped nurse, so automatically she picks up on this, even in her drugged up state.] We are trying to look and see what's going on...but no real luck.
Finally, we hear him making some noise and feel sligthly relieved.
However, they tell us he's going immediately to the NICU. He had asperated some fluid/miconium, and they were worried about his lungs as well as any potential damage from the short period of time he wasn't breathing.
As of now (Sunday night) he's still in the NICU, but it is more of a precautionary measure, as he's out of the isolette, breathing normally, and the ultrasound and CT scans of his head have all been clear so far.
I came home after 3 nights, to spend some time with Lucy as well as give my parents a little break. Talked to my wife a little while ago, and she got to feed him the first time earlier tonight.
So, if you can please keep out little guy (OK not SO little, he was 9 lbs3 oz) in your prayers until he makes it through, it would be appreciated.
Things are starting to look better, but he had a pretty rough start. We got to the hospital about 2:30am, after getting big sister Lucy to Grammy and Paps house. With Lucy, my wife's water broke, so they got the epidural going before she was having any serious contractions--not this time. She was in some PAIN as we got into the hospital.
So, they do the epidural, things calm down a little, and by about 10:15, the contractions are about 2 minutes apart.
3 hours later, he's still taking his sweet old time to come into the world. After much discussion, my wife, tired as hell by this point, decides to defer to the doc's decision for a C section-- not her intentions in the beginning, but also wanted everyone to be safe.
No complications during the C section. But, as one team of doctors is working on sewing up my wife, another group has Sam...but no crying. [My wife is a ped nurse, so automatically she picks up on this, even in her drugged up state.] We are trying to look and see what's going on...but no real luck.
Finally, we hear him making some noise and feel sligthly relieved.
However, they tell us he's going immediately to the NICU. He had asperated some fluid/miconium, and they were worried about his lungs as well as any potential damage from the short period of time he wasn't breathing.
As of now (Sunday night) he's still in the NICU, but it is more of a precautionary measure, as he's out of the isolette, breathing normally, and the ultrasound and CT scans of his head have all been clear so far.
I came home after 3 nights, to spend some time with Lucy as well as give my parents a little break. Talked to my wife a little while ago, and she got to feed him the first time earlier tonight.
So, if you can please keep out little guy (OK not SO little, he was 9 lbs3 oz) in your prayers until he makes it through, it would be appreciated.