He's here!

Disclaimer:  I apologize for keeping you all in suspense for so many days.  Everything has been extremely hectic, as you can probably imagine.  Plus, I try my best to keep this blog anonymous, and I hadn't decided how I was going to post this yet.  

 

He's here!  Our son was born Sunday Nov 6th, at 4:39 PM.  He was 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long.  Since all babies look alike when they're so young, I see nothing wrong with posting the hospital's picture of him. 

 

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We've all been on a roller coaster ride since Sunday morning.  My wife's water broke on the toilet at 7:30 Sunday morning, and we were at the hospital around 10.  She had contractions all night Saturday night.  The contractions lightened up when we got to the hospital, but since her water had broken, he had to go ahead and come.  The doctor sent orders to give her patosin to make her contractions strengthen.  And it worked.  She had an epidural around 1 pm, and the labor progressed quite quickly from then on. 

 

At 4 pm, it was time to push.  My wife's doctor is a great guy, and he's very funny.  He was cracking jokes while she was pushing.  The epidural was working so well, she was laughing and cutting up during the whole thing.  One of the nurses finally said "It's time to get serious!  We gotta get this baby out!"  We all had another laugh at this, before actually getting serious.  Just a few short minutes later, he popped out and said hello. 

 

We went home Tuesday afternoon.  It's been a whole new experience being at home, as opposed to being at the hospital.  When we wanted to sleep, we just called the nursery and they came and got him for a few hours.  There's no nursery at home.  Last night and Tuesday night were pretty rough.  He cried all night both nights.  I'm back at work this morning, and am quite exhausted.  But other than the lack of sleep my wife and I are both experiencing, everything is perfect.  It's hard to believe that I'm actually a father now.  My life has been changed forever.