He has a full head of hair and everyone is doing great, although a little tired after all the excitement. 18 hours of labor and everything went really well, especially given his size.
Pictures are available here on Picasa. Enjoy!
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| Caleb James - July 2010 |
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And for those of you who would like all the gory details, here's how it all went down:
At about 1:10 Saturday morning, we woke up to Stephanie's water breaking - he had to start the adventure with a bang, that's for sure. We called the midwives, who told us to go in to the hospital to make sure that his vitals and everything were still fine while we waited for contractions to start.
As many of you know, we were wanting to have as few interventions as possible, so we discussed at the hospital how long they would let us wait for contractions to start on their own before inducing labor with Pitocin. They started naturally getting stronger by about 2:30AM, so we were able to be admitted and wait for them to continue without intervention.
At about 10:00AM, Stephanie was only dilated to a 3 and the contractions were slowing down and getting further apart, so we decided to start inducing with Pitocin due to the risk of infection and exhaustion if things didn't progress with the water already broken. We decided to go ahead without an epidural still and see how it went with the Pitocin. At about 3:00PM, we decided to get an epidural when the Pitocin kicked up to 13 mL/hr. It was definitely the right choice - Stephanie was exhausted by this point and unable to rest because of the strength of the contractions and there was only about a minute between when one ended and the other started.
After getting some rest when the epidural finally kicked in around 3:30PM or so, things progressed really well. At about 7:00PM, Stephanie was fully dilated, feeling the urge to push, and a short 30 minutes later Caleb James made his appearance into the world at his enormous size of 10 lbs, 1 oz. We are incredibly excited and should be out of the hospital on Monday morning. Stephanie lost a good amount of blood, so we'll definitely be taking it pretty easy for awhile as we get adjusted to home with our new baby.
Love you all!
Stephanie
Congrats you two, I had to LOL because I just saw Eric's post on your picture of you two and then next thing I see is Caleb is here :). What a blessing!
ReplyDeleteHey swansons!!! Congrats again on your sweet boy!! Stephanie, you don't know me but the Swanson family and my family were good friends when we lived in the Midwest. I loved reading the story of the birth...it's always awesome to see how gracious and faithful the Lord is so thanks for sharing!!! Our little girl was born back in February at 8 pounds and has been super petite since then. Her measurements at 5 months were the exact same as Calebs at birth!!! I'm sure you guys are loving being new parents and thanking the Lord for the blessing He has given you. Thanks again for sharing your story!!!
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