Wow that happened fast

Well, last night I went to bed in the hospital thinking I was going to hopefully get a good night's rest and start figuring everything out in the morning.  Bruce went home to pack me a bag of stuff to keep me entertained while in the hospital and start on the baby's room.

Somehow I didn't get that good night's sleep.  I dozed off around 11 pm and was woken up a little after midnight by my roommate being returned after a procedure.  Then I slept in that kind of half sleep you have in a hospital with all the comings and goings.

Then somewhere around three in the morning I started feeling cramps that were a little suspicious to me.  So I waited a bit and spoke with the nurse, then the doctor on call who figured I was in the very beginnings of labour and not to worry I should get some sleep since the contractions were about 15 minutes or so apart and nothing was likely to happen for a good long time yet.  So I did as instructed, but wow......try and sleep during contractions?  No way. Doze off perhaps but not really.

I guess in that doze state things were moving along and somewhere around 8 I was getting to the swearing state of pain.  I had kind of lost track of when contractions were happening and they were a lot more intense than they had been before.  So I called the nurse again who put me on the monitor again and grabbed the doctor on call fairly quickly who checked me out and said that we should get ourselves off to the delivery room and get Bruce to get there.  I had mentioned he said he was coming by around 9 (and it was about 9 then).  So just as they were loading me on the gurney to move and get ready to call him, he walked in.  So it was kind of "Surprise Honey!  We're having our baby now!"

So off we trundled to the labour and delivery room.

Shortly after we got settled I decided that maybe I was going to rethink this no pain drugs dealie.  So I asked about what we could do and it was decided that I was too far along to think about an epidural (and I'm actually glad about that now), but I could have some laughing gas if I wanted.  So I took the gas.  It didn't kill the pain, but it did take the edge off.

Then very quickly, it seem that the doctor said I could start pushing.  It seemed like a long time, but then not so much time had really passed.  It was funny to be able to start pushing.  I had been concentrating so hard on not pushing that it was a bit odd to be able to start doing it.

Then 24 minutes later, out popped this cute wee little guy.  It seemed like forever and that all of my efforts weren't doing much, but apparently they were.  Then Bruce got to cut the cord.

Sadly I didn't get to hold him right then and there.  They had to whisk him away to make sure he was all right and get him ready for the trip to Sick Kids.  But they did bring him by for a few minutes so I could see him and touch him through the isolette they were transporting him in.

So my labour and delivery seemed to only last about 7.5 hours total.  It was a bit of a surprise and a whirlwind.

Throughout all of it I was so glad that Bruce was there.  He was a rock and amazing.  It was a bit of a shock to show up to visit your wife thinking you were going to go home and work on the baby's room all day, and find that your little one was imminently arriving.

Surprise you're here!

Welcome to the world Mr. Robert William Parker!!

Born December 12, 2010 at 10:34 AM and at 4.5 pounds

Your Dad and I are so happy to meet you.

A little sooner than we thought

Well things seem to have taken a turn. This afternoon I was going to go on a brief shopping excursion with M. That kind of got stopped when My water broke just as we were getting out the door. So I called Bruce home from getting a haircut and called our Midwife who met us at Mount Sinai.

And indeed my water has broken. So I am now in the hospital hoping to keep our Munchkin in for as long as possible. I don't seem to have started labour yet, but that is probably only a matter of time.

So we will have a December Baby instead of a January one.

Wow this 2010 year has been super life changing.


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Another visit to the midwife

Well today was another Midwife appointment day.  According to the nice midwives Munchkin and I are right on schedule and everything is great.

Munchkin has his/her butt in the air and likes to stick it out at me all the time.  Tonight Bruce gave Munchkin a little pat to on the bum.  It was kind of funny.

Your Furry Buddies

Dear Munchkin,

I thought you might like to know who your furry buddies are.  We have to cats that we love very much and hope that you will too.

This is Cranberry

She's our grumpy older girl.  And she may be a little jealous of you for awhile since she loves nothing more than to than to sit on me.  And lately she's been draping herself across my stomach and purring.  So  you are probably very familiar with that sound.  

This is Tabitha

Tabitha is our youngest.  She's only 1.5 yeas old and is full of energy and mischief.  She's not so big on cuddling, but she is super curious and will I'm quite sure be super interested in you.  Perhaps not when you're crying, but she will come and see you.

Love,

Mom

Sick Kids Hospital

I must say, so far the Sick Kids Hospital team has been fantastic.  They have been  super reassuring and open to all of our questions and such.

Yesterday when we were there for the Echo Cardiogram, the nurse coordinator gave us a tour of all the areas we would need when we have to be there.

It was quite informative and reassuring.  I also like how they want you to spend as much time as is healthy with your child.  There are three "rooms" the wee one gets to be in while it's there.  The Critical Care Room, the Step Down Room and then a Private room.

In the first two rooms we can have pretty much 24 hour a day access.  We can't sleep there, but we can come and go as much as we want.  There are a few instances where we can't be in the room, but those are all procedure related is totally reasonable.

Then once Munchkin gets to the private room, which will be after surgery and a bit of recovery, we can stay as much as we want.  There is a bed in the room and a shower as well.  And they encourage you to spend as much time as possible with your little one.

A Munchkin Checkup Day

I was too sleepy last night to post about this.  After having dinner out with a friend, I got home at 8:30, had a bath and passed out for the night.  I think I slept about 10 and a half hours.  I'm still a little sleepy, that's ok.

So yesterday was a follow up Fetal Echocardiogram for our little Munchkin.  That went well.  Everything seems to be growing just fine.  And the good new is that there are no extra issues around the heart.  Apparently there can be.
So that's great.  We also got a tour of Sick Kids which will be in another post on it's own.

Little one of course decided that this was an opportune time to have a wiggle, dance and kick fest.  Morning is usually quiet time, but not yesterday.

Then we were off to Mount Siani to check in with the special pregnancy program.  That took us a year and a half.  Well it felt like it.  And, we didn't get to see the third group of doctors that we were supposed to because of mix up.

We had an ultrasound and Munchkin is doing just fine.  Apparently our little Munchkin has some hair and is busy practicing breathing.  We got to watch that on the screen, that was kind of cool.

But the waiting was terrible.  We got to the place at 11 and didn't get out of there until well after 2.