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On June 15th 2004 the OB decided to admit Laura for an induction. We arrived and were checked in around 7:30 PM and they started doing blood work and initial work ups. During this time they became concerned over Laura’s Blood Pressure and put her on Magnesium Sulfate. A couple pills to soften the Cervix, a sleeping pill and later some Sta-dol(spelling?) and Laura slept all night soundly while I tossed and turned on an uncomfortable and small couch.

In the morning they decided to start the Pitocin. This is the medication that actually starts contractions. After more Sta-dol, and eventually an epideral and even more waiting, around 7:00 they decide that Laura is fully dialeted. At this time the nurse proceeds to explain that most first time mothers on epidurals take on average 3 hours to push. She goes on to say that if you get mad and actually push like you want him out of you, he will come out quicker. We are very happy to hear that we are going to make it to the pushing stage as all day it had been planned that she wouldn’t make it and would become a c-section.

The doctor examines her.. and we start pushing…

15 minutes later, they are paging the doctors, all of them had gone away from the room expecting it to take a couple of hours, and they run into a head poking out. The OB quickly gets set up just in time to catch Matthew.

Now.. When I say catch Matthew. I mean that literally. See Laura was pushing so well, that no only did she get him out in 20 – 25 minutes instead of the expected 3 hours, she also launched him like you see in the movies. The doctor had to catch him like a wet football. He almost fumbled matthew a few times but all was well… I cut the cord and they got Matthew all cleaned up.

For those of you that are wondering about the beauty of it all? Don’t… It is a wonderful thing the birth of your child. But it is also a gross thing. What makes it worst is this is the person that you are supposed to be in love with and to see them in that state is not a good thing.

During the clean up I stood there holding his little hands and then the weight in.. The nurse is praying that he isn’t over 4kg as that puts them at a risk of diabetes.. and of course.. he was… 9lbs 5.4 ounces… Let me repeat.. 9lbs 5.4 ounces was pushed out in 20 – 25 minutes on a first time mother with an epideral.

So they clean Laura up, Clean Matthew Up, And give him to me to hold for a bit while they finish on Laura and then I give him over. This is when we discovered that the Grandmothers had been sneaking closer and closer to the room down the hall the entire time. They just couldn’t stay away in the waiting room. By the time they were allowed in they had baby stepped the entire way to the room and were standing just outside the door.

The next couple of days were spent with Laura sleeping, me taking care of Matthew, and Matthew getting a Tan in the nursery because his blood type was B and his mothers was O which made him have some kind of BilliRubin Sandwich count issue… They took Laura off of the Magnesium Sulfate and the next day she was up and walking and they came home on Friday.

Having Matthew home has been a great experience. It’s amazing how long you can just hold him and stare into his big blue eyes, I’m sure they will change soon, without any distractions.. One day I caught myself staring into his eyes and watching him sleep for 2 hours…

Too finish with the update. The above picture is Matthew this morning wearing my father’s day gift from him… Be sure to check the gallery often over the next couple of days as I continue to add more and more pictures.