New Boss In Town

My wife doesn't have much of a sense of humor while trying to push out a 8 pound, 9 ounce baby. I told her that she had to wait until tomorrow to give birth, since it was our current President's birthday. I'm hoping that the scales will be balanced out with this kid in the future.

Sweetheart did great! She called the nurse to tell her that she was ready for her epidural, and they called to get things moving. The anesthesiologist came by after about 10 minutes, and the lead nurse whispered to him, he nodded, and he explained that Sweetheart had to remain still during the procedure. Sweetheart's contractions were increasing in tempo and strength, and she told him that she was feeling very ready to push. No epidural and the nurse called the call button and yelled down the hallway for more help because things had progressed so quickly. Our Aunt Linda came in the room as Sweetheart was going through a strong contraction, and quickly followed by the charge nurse. The room was a tornado of activity, and the lead nurse called out that the baby was in the breech position. Sweetheart began to panic, but after closer examination the nurse felt around and told her that the baby was not breech, but had shoulder dystocia (where the shoulder is lodged or trapped). After getting the shoulder past, the umbilical cord was wrapped around it's neck twice, but the nurses were able to unwind it from the neck.

Sweetheart did two more big pushes and the Doctor was born at 2:41pm. About this time the on-call doctor pops in and asks if everything is alright, and Aunt Linda and the other two ladies take care of the Doctor,  and get him breathing after a few seconds. I found myself holding my own breath, until he let out a few cries of his own.

The new boss

 Doctor

8# 9 ounces 

22 1/2 inches

Everyone is doing well, and Mama needs some rest. The boys will be going home with Grandma so that I can spend the night with Sweetheart and my new little man. Many thanks for all the prayers, and the generous donation will be used to buy some silver rounds for his future education. I am humbled by everyone's well wishes and congratulations.

I get to look through the world through a new set of eyes once more, and I look forward to it!  

Keep Right On Prepping - K


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Settling In

Okay, we have made it into the Labor and Delivery room. Aunt Linda is an RN nurse here in the unit and is taking great care of my Sweetheart. Actually, we know quite a few of the staff here, which should make the stay a lot better. If not, Sweetheart can call NICU, respiratory therapy, and radiology and rattle a few cages.

Now that we are at the hospital, I can update the rest of the community about the secret between the boys. Row has not told a single soul about the sex of the baby. Red Ant is another story. If you asked Red Ant about the sex of the baby, he would tell you that you were trying to trick him. After a few minutes, and alone, he would saddle up to them and whisper, "I have a secret to tell you. It's a boy, but it's okay to tell a secret to one person...if you really need to,but don't tell your neighbor." Well, he has told both Grandmothers, Mimi, two Aunts, and our neighbor (that we know of).

I was talking with the neighbor, and he asked if we knew the sex of the baby yet? He knows the situation about the secret. I told him about how Red Ant had been telling people, and he started to laugh that Red Ant had told him about a month ago. Red Ant came over to visit his boys for a Nerf War, and matter of factly told him that, "Oh yeah, It's a boy."

@Wolfman : Row kept the secret, and Red Ant came pretty darn close.

My new job has been amazing, and over whelming at the same time. I set high standards for myself, and want to do excellent work. So, I tend to be a little hard on myself, but after a week, I'm starting to get a little more comfortable filling out paperwork, and running the MRI scans. There are only six people in the office and everyone pitches in and helps one another, which is refreshing.

The next post should be a photo of the newest little boy to our family.

Keep Right On Prepping - K

Heading to Hospital

Well guys, we are headed to the hospital. Wife's water broke. Gotta go....

Secret Update

Well, we have officially passed the two day mark, and Red Ant and Row have been holding strong with keeping their secret. I thought Red Ant was about to let it slip last night when he was giving the baby a hug during prayer time. He kept saying "the baby", but never a pronoun to give away if it was a little brother or sister.

I'm beginning to think that if we can get past Saturday evening, when we visit Aunt NICU Nurse and the Grandparents, that Row and Red Ant have a solid chance of making it until the baby decides to arrive. I can visualize the boys jumping up and down when I walk into the waiting room to reveal the sex to everyone, and that they were the only ones that knew the whole time.

Keep Right On Prepping - K

Make Your Guess

Today, Sweetheart and baby had their 20 week ultrasound. For those that know this magic number, it means that traditionally people find out the sex of the baby. Well, we've always been a bit contrarian in our views and decided not to find out the sex of our newest family member.

Here's the twist. Row, our 8 year old, had his heart set on wanting to know the sex of the baby. He even went as far as telling Mommy that Daddy could stay at home while he went with Mommy to the Doctor's office. Sweetheart really doesn't care on way or another, because she has her mind set that it is a boy just like the rest. We talked about it, and decided to let the ultrasound tech write the sex of the baby onto a piece of paper, then seal it in an envelope.

We sat Row and Red Ant [we couldn't leave him out] down at the dinner table, and told them that we had the sex of the baby in the envelope. They were allowed to go into their room, and open the envelope and Row could tell Red Ant, whether it was a little girl or a little boy since he can't read yet. They both had to agree to keep it a secret from everyone except themselves. They agreed, and went to their room.

Now, the make a guess comes into play for the readers. Do you think the boys will keep the secret from Sweetheart and myself, or spill the beans? I've opened a poll into the right hand corner, where you can vote.


Comments are also welcome and you can post your guess as well.

Keep Right On Prepping - K

PS - We've also warned them about Aunt NICU Nurse trying to trick them into telling her the answer! Sorry Rae Rae! I'll post if the beans are spilled.