Well here's the story... We went in on Tuesday evening (about 9pm) and got Laura admitted for the induction. We went upstairs and she got poked, prodded, and slapped in a bed (so far, not so bad for me). They gave here a foli-cath (to open the cervix), a sleeping pill, and some Advil (woo-friggin'-hoo) and told her to try and sleep (yeah right), well at around 6am they removed the foli-cath and she was 3cm so they gave her the Patocin (inducing drug) and a mild pain reliever (apparently 1/2 a step above Advil as it really didn't help her too much). A couple of hours later they asked us why we hadn't gotten the epidural (which we thought we had to wait for) so Laura insisted that she get that and the doctor came and gave it to her (if we hadn't picked out a name by then she would have named the baby after him). Now she can finally sleep so I decide to go to the caffeteria and get some food. As soon as I sit down the cell phone rings and she is at 8 or 9 cm... I rush back while calling Mom, Grandpa, and Jennifer. I get upstairs and it is time for pushing (no doctor yet at this point just a nurse and a nursing student)... after 1 hour and 15 minutes of 1...2...3...4...5...breathe, a doctor arrives (not ours, he's still not there) and two pushes later a baby appears. Her Mom and my Mom walk in just after the birth and oooh and aahhh and what does Laura say during the whole thing... no complaints, just "does he have hair?"... I'm not sure what to think of that, but at least I wasn't yelled at or cursed at the entire thing. After a couple of hours of 'after labor fixing' and nursing, Grandpa and Jennifer came up to see him. All the doctors and nurses were quite surprised by how quick it went and she was told that she should have no problem having 5 or 6 kids (we'll think on that one for a bit) and that we should probably be induced in the 38th or 39th week unless we want to have a home delivery. So that's the gist... baby, mom, and dad are all doing pretty well (tired, but pretty well) and we are quite happy. C-ya'll later!
Oh and just for fun...
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Thanks... that's one of the few pictures that Laura took (I've been a bit of a camera hog). I think I'm going to be one of those dads who takes about a 'bazillion' pictures of their kids and chases them around with a video camera for the most mundane things... look forward to boring slideshows at your house soon!
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