Real Contractions

June 27, 2010

I went home to feed the cats and fell asleep on the couch.  Lisa says that at 3am the real contractions started, came on strong, more than she could handle.  Lisa was hoping to avoid the use of the drugs, but oh well.  She got the epidural.  She’s all woozy now.  We’re going to nap […]

2

Loo-Dee-Doo

June 26, 2010

Yep. Still waiting.  So here’s the deal, Ally McBeal.  It’s about 8pm here.  The barn door isn’t open yet.  In fact, it’s not even cracked a smidge.  Los medicos are going to do this thingie whatchmacallit to relax the cervix and get it in a baby-having mood.  It’s expected that process will take 12 hours […]

0

No Action Yet

June 26, 2010

Lisa’s getting impatient. She’s going for a walk to see if she can shake the baby out. I went in search for Chinese food. At 5pm the staff will start trying to talk us into inducing, but we’re going to hold out a bit in hopes of avoiding all those interventions.

0

Waiting for the Baby

June 26, 2010

Nothing much is happening right now.  We’re told that you pretty much have your baby within 24 hours of your water breaking.  So, we’re expecting the rest of the event today.  Not sure when. Here’s a photo of the monitor following contractions and baby heartbeat.

0

As Big as The Belly is Going to Get

June 26, 2010

Here’s the belly!

0

Babytime!

June 26, 2010

At 5am this morning Lisa’s water broke. We’re at the hospital now getting set up. Everything is going fine. More later.

0

Ultrasound Photos 6/9/2010

June 9, 2010

I know she doesn’t look any different than any other baby, but that’s not stopping me from feeling these are the cutest baby ultrasounds I have ever seen.  Interested?  Click on the photos for a full-sized pic. From today, June 9th, 2010 And in other good news, mom and baby are perfectly healthy.  The little […]

1

Baby Belly June 7th 2010

June 7, 2010

Here comes the belly!

0

Heartbeat

June 3, 2010

We were at the doctor’s today.  Everything’s going fine.  Check out that heartbeat! 6/3/2010:

0