Our beautiful son was born last night at 11:48 pm by surprise C-section. He weighed 8 lbs even, was 19 1/2 inches long, and is as beautiful and healthy as they come.
Mandy and I went to the hospital at 5:30 a.m. and they started induction by 6:00 a.m. By noon the doctor still could not break her water even though she was having steady contractions. When he came back at 5:00 p.m. she had dialated to 1 cm and he broke her water. Her contractions and her pain got a lot stronger right after. Her epidural was started about 5:45 p.m. She quickly progressed to 3 cm, then 5, and then jumped from 5 to 10 cm within an hour. We started pushing at about 9:00 p.m. She pushed for almost an hour and a half with little progress. His head got stuck without being able to get under her pelvic bone. Our doctor, Michael Neel, said that she might push for another two hours without getting anywhere, so he recommended that we do a C-section. We were a little disappointed, but knew that we needed to get our boy out.
The neat thing was that my father, who is a general surgeon, got to be the assisting surgeon for the operation. In fact, my dad was the one that actually pulled him out. It was very special, and I knw my dad was ecstatic to get to play such a big part of the process.
I will post a lot more photos as soon as I can. I need to get back to the hospital to see if we can get Mandy walking now.
Lots more photos are in the Picasa WebAlbum that can be viewed by clicking this link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dryanlocker/TheFirstDays
8 comments:
Yeah, first!!
Anyway....great pictures, looks like mom and boy are doing great....yeah, Ryan, you realize that you just took a back seat right?
Anyway, we're so happy for you guys!!!
Can't wait to see all of you!!
Aaron
He is so beautiful!!!!!
I can't wait to hold him. See you Sunday!
Love,
Uncle Rachel
Just got the good news from great-grandpa Knox. The baby looks like his grandpa Dan and you look positively delirious, Ryan. How great that your Dad could help with the delivery.
Uncle Robert and Aunt Judy
Jackson is adorable!!! I love the name. We will be praying for a smooth transition for all of you. Love, Aunt Jackie and Uncle Phil
yay!! i was trying to leave a comment real early today, but i had to set up an account at a friends house..Jack is perfect!!! I can see both of you in him..i kind of see dad in him as well haha.. He's so adorable..can't wait to meet my nephew!
angela
yay!! i was trying to leave a comment real early today, but i had to set up an account at a friends house..Jack is perfect!!! I can see both of you in him..i kind of see dad in him as well haha.. He's so adorable..can't wait to meet my nephew!
angela
Jackson is adorable! Tell Mandy I am sorry she had to have a C-section, but at least everyone's healthy. I hope she's not in too much pain. Congratulations! You are in my prayers. The first couple weeks are tough, but it sounds like you guys have lots of help.
Kelle Smith
Fantastic work Ryan and Mandy. Congratulations, he looks great - and he does look like the general.
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