On December 27 at 01:59 am our precious boy Dominic made his great debut, kicking and screaming into our big scary world.
Weight: 8lb. 8oz.
Length: 51cm (20 in)
Head Circumference: 35.5cm (14 in)
I'll save the nitty gritty details for the labor and delivery post (hope to have that written by next week sometime), but here's a spark-notes version...
December 26, 2016:
1115 - water broke
1230 - contractions started (minor and varied times, but getting closer together)
1400 - contractions lasting 1 minute, 5 minutes apart
1500 - contractions lasting 1 minute, 3 minutes apart. Asked Doula to come
1700 - contractions lasting 1-1.5 minutes, 2-2.5 minutes apart. Doula strongly recommends we head for hospital.
1730 - arrive at hospital and wait in triage to be checked
1800 - 5cm dilated, almost fully effaced, and whisked away to my L&D room
2300 - 7cm dilated and asking for epidural (which didn't make it in time)
December 27, 2016
0040(?) - pushing contractions started
0050 - 9-9.5 cm dilated
0100 - 10cm dilated
0115 - head visible
0145 - started crowning
0159 - BORN!!!
0210 - placenta delivered
Maybe this is as much detail from this time that I'll want to remember!
When D was born, I had David, my mom, Doula, Nurse and Midwife in the room and it was perfect! Not too many or too few people for me.
Everything about that day was textbook. Our transition into parenthood has been smooth, we were at home before D was 36 hours old and he scored 10/10 on his Apgar test which is apparently very rare!
Thank you to all for your congratulations, well-wishes and offers of help! We all feel so incredibly loved and supported!
Hard to believe just 8 months ago we found out we were pregnant!
Now enjoy these few shots of our much-anticipated Baby-K on his first days!
Can't wait for the nitty gritty!! Good job Mama, so proud of you!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the arrival of your adorable little man!
ReplyDeleteLynn Webb (Groot)