The birth itself went smoothly. As previously mentioned, Deb was given pitocin to kick things into gear, which it did, and then an epidural as the contractions became more consistent and painful. Things seemed to be progressing slowly until the nurse came in around 8:30 PM for another check. We weren't expecting much based on her last check, but the nurse kicked it into another gear and said to get ready to start pushing...game on! Amazingly after only two rounds of contractions/pushing and about 9 minutes Eloise had arrived! (sorry other moms)
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| Mullet time! |
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| Nice view from Hotel California (Pacific Medical Center, that is)...and the room service wasn't too shabby! |
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| Daddy's little girl |
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| Heading home! |
Life at home has been great so far. She's been sleeping well (knock on wood), albeit initially in small chunks. We forgot what a night of 1 to 2 hour chunks of sleep is like. However we just took her in for her first check up and she's already reached her birth weight so we can let her sleep for longer chunks at night (4 to 5 hours).
Eloise's big brother has been very curious about this new thing we've brought home. He already wants to play with her so he's learning the word "gentle" very quickly.
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| Happy family! |
And she was very excited to meet her grandparents (and we've been very appreciative of the help)!
Here is a link with more pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/devinnipp/EloiseRyan?authkey=Gv1sRgCOfR8cj5q77LGw&feat=directlink
And to make sure we're giving some love to big brother O, here are some pics of him too:
https://picasaweb.google.com/devinnipp/OliverGatoradeAndATrashCan?authkey=Gv1sRgCILPktn-zObw3gE&feat=directlink
Enjoy!
