Apparently Ruth's water broke sometime today, but it was a pretty small trickle. It was starting to get heavier, so we went to the hospital, and it looks like we'll be here for the long haul. I'll try to post when there's more news.
[ April 10, 2006, 08:53 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Best wishes for a successful delivery and a healthy baby.
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
:-)
Good Luck!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oooh! Baby on its way! My best wishes, love, and prayers for all three of you. Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
I agree!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Wow! Good luck! Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
!!!!
Best of luck to all of you. Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
I guess I should have put the date a little closer than 2012 then?
Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
I voted for the 6th. Looks like I was a couple days off.
Congrats!
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
(I'm secretly hoping it's a girl, just to throw a wrench into the gears a bit.)
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
If it's a girl, then I really don't know how to explain those bits between her legs that "she" waved at us during the ultrasounds.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Ribbons.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Tentacles?
Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
a little brother?
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Hope everything goes smoothly with the delivery, and that the baby is healthy. Congrats! Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Best of Luck!!!!!!
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Yay!
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Oh, wow!
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Yay!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
This is great!
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I want to know JB's l33t secrets for cracking the hospital's wireless connection to enable him to post from the hospital.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You are so pragmatic, Scott. *grin*
Good luck to Ruth, baby, and JB!
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Yay!
Hope it all goes well.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
That's great, Jon Boy! Glad that the little one didn't decide to wait another week or so.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
April 4th is a great day. (My dad was born on this day 59 years ago). I hope Ruth has him before it's April 5th, just for her sake. Good luck and hugs to you guys.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Huzzah!
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
<old codger> I loves me some babbies. Hoo boy.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Go, Ruth, go!!
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Hooray! Best of luck to the both of you. Especially you, Brinestone. I hope the labor goes well and the baby is healthy!
Have you picked out a sauce for the baby yet? And are you planning to grill or braise it? Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Good luck, guys!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Sending peaceful labor vibes your way. Hope it's a beautiful experience for all three of you.
space opera
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
EEEE!!! BABY!!!! Hope all goes well with the delivery!
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Good luck to everyone! Hope it all goes as well as possible.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Yayyy!! I'm looking forward to pictures of the baby! Here's hoping Ruth's delivery is quick, easy and fast to recover from.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Congrats! I'm so excited for you! Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Jon Boy's brother posted this a few minutes ago at GalacticCactus:
quote: Update:
Yay! I'm an uncle... again!
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I hate to ruin this, but what if "she" has that disea... Oh, never mind.
This is too happy to ruin. Congrats, and have the easiest labour around. My siuster had a horrible one.
Posted by JenniK (Member # 3939) on :
I am glad, and hope everyhting is going well.
Congrats!
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Keeping you guys close in thought today.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
The baby was 7lbs. 13 oz. For extensive thoughts on first name, check out JB's blog: www.galacticcactus.com
Way to go! Am I right that this is the first met at hatrack couple>>baby?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yaaaay! Hooray for babies! Hooray for Ruth!
But I totally disagree with him about naming a baby before it's born. It's fine if that's how he feels, but I would only change a name based on "meeting" the child under some very extreme circumstances.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Congratulations! Another Hatrack baby has come to join us.
I hope the new parents have given thought to the most important name of all--their son's screenname. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Update:
We checked into the hospital a little after 9:00 last night because Ruth thought she was leaking amniotic fluid. We got checked in, and they tested the fluid and decided that this was the real deal. They started her on an oxytocin drip around midnight, and within a couple hours she was having good, hard contractions every two minutes, so they took her off the oxytocin and just let her body do its thing.
Labor and delivery all went pretty smoothly and pretty quickly (says the guy who just sat next to the bed and held her hand). They actually told her to stop pushing for a while to let her rest and to let the baby move down more on his own, and then they had her stop for a little bit again because the nurse was afraid the baby might arrive before the doctor.
The doctor arrived pretty soon after that, though, and at 6:33 we had ourselves a baby boy—7 pounds 13 ounces, 22 inches, and mostly resembling me, says Ruth. His name is Liam Gareth. He's been a pretty good boy so far—he's only really cried when they've been sticking him with needles and taking footprints and all that other torturous stuff.
And he really is a cutie. Pictures will follow later today.
I think pooka might be right—this might be the first true offspring of Hatrack. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Yay! Welcome to Liam Gareth!
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Woohoo! welcome dude!
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Welcome to the world, Liam.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Liam Gareth's nice for the non-cyber world, but what's his cyber name?
Liam Boy?, Jon Baby?
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Good point, Amy...
BulletinBoardBrineBoy?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Screenname suggestion: Lego.
edited for top o' the page clarity.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Jon Baby is hilarious. I also put my vote in for Lego.
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yay!
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Woo! Congratulations! Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Congratulations!!! Welcome, newest little Jatraquero!
I hope mama and baby are doing well.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
HUZZAH! Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Yay! Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
How wonderful!
Welcome to the world, Liam!
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
Congratulations! That is so amazing for you both, welcome to the world Liam Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
Congratulations Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Congratulations!
*Puts in another vote for Lego.*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Scott R: I want to know JB's l33t secrets for cracking the hospital's wireless connection to enable him to post from the hospital.
My secrets are my own. :fear:
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Welcome to the club, JB. Where are the pictures?? Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Congratulations. Welcome aboard, Lego!
--ApostleRadio
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
Yeah! Congradulations!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Welcome to the world, Lego!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Congratulations to all three of you!
(Welcome Liam! )
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Sorry to come in late, but CONGRATS! Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
That's amazingly stupendously cool! Congratulations!
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Congrats!!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Happy birth day, Lego! Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Mazel Tov!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Yea!!! Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
L'Chaim!
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
TheTick is teh man!
The name Lego is friggin' awesome! I will hereby only refer to the baby as Lego.
Liam Gareth Owen
=Lego
BRILLIANT!
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Congrats to the new parents! Great name. Inspired screen name. Cannot wait for pics. Glad that Mommy and Baby are doing well. (Oh yeah, and Daddy, too.)
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Mazel tov! I'm so glad everyone is safe and healthy. I can't wait to see pictures.
I love the name - it sounds like a rock star.
Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mrs.M: I love the name - it sounds like a rock star.
I think you've been watching too much Lost.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Congrats!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Congratulations and *high-fives* all around! Woot! Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Congrats, guys.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Pics.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Awwwww... Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
Congratulations to you and your wife! Welcome little Liam. I love your name!
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
What an absolute cutie!
His features are so defined - he doesn't have that newborn blobiness that a lot of babies have. His nose especially looks like a real person nose and not a mushy newborn nose.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Mrs. M, I was about to point out the same thing. I think Ruth is right: he does look like Jon Boy. Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Super Congrats to Brinestone, who did all the work.
Regular Congrats to Jon Boy for being there.
Hooray for all of you being together!
Best news I've heard all day...
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
How cute! Lego is an adorable baby!
Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :
What a beautiful baby! Congradulations!!! Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Congratulations!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Yippee!!!
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Cute baby!! Congratulations!
Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
Congratulations on your beautiful baby!
In the last 2 pics, where he's looking at the camera, he's got a rather knowing expression.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
What a handsome lil' fella!
Welcome to the world, may it be a place of happiness and growth for you!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Precious baby! Congratulations, you two. Life will never be the same again! Lucky, lucky, lucky! Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Oh, he's sooo beautiful!! Happy congrats to you both - enjoy being Mommy and Daddy.
space opera
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Brinestone and Lego came home from the hospital today, and they're both doing rather well. I just want to say thanks to all of you for the good wishes and congratulations and all that. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
What do you two think of bright green?
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
Many congratulations! And I love the name. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by breyerchic04: What do you two think of bright green?
Huh? Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Hurrah! Congratulations again, Jon Boy and Brinestone and Lego, may all your lives be filled with joy and happiness. (and all the other cheesy things to say!)
--ApostleRadio
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Jon Boy it'd be best to just answer me, it'll be much easier that way.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
(she says brandishing a machete and a Barney DVD.)
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
The machete is rubber. And the dvd is for the baby.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Bright green would be lovely.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Thank you, I have a wonderful idea now.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Awesome, you two. Congrats. Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
*Happy for you*
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Lego, can you have your mommy and daddy send me your address?
Posted by Lego (Member # 9332) on :
It would be my pleasure.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Precocious.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Even though the birth was fairly uneventful (and for this I am truly grateful), I feel I need to record it before I forget details. And someone, somewhere, might be interested.
So on Monday, April 3rd, I went to my scheduled appointment with my obstetrician. I hadn't expected to go to this appointment, simply because I thought I would have the baby before my due date (April 2). She measured my cervix and found that it was only slightly more dilated than it had been a week before---despite the hours of regular, sometimes hard contractions I had had off and on during the week. In fact, I had only gotten four hours of sleep Sunday night because contractions had kept me up. As they got more intense around 5:00 a.m., I panicked and packed the last-minute items for the hospital bag. I also located the card with LDS Hospital's labor and delivery number so I could call before leaving home. Then, around 7:30 a.m., the contractions stopped. Grrr!
Still, I half thought that my doctor would examine me and tell me to go straight to labor and delivery, do not pass Go, do not collect $100. No such luck. I went home and spent much of the day napping to make up for my terrible night's sleep the day before.
The thing was, ever since my appointment, I'd been very slowly leaking a clear fluid. It was such a small amount that I wasn't totally sure I wasn't imagining it. After all, if my water had broken, there would be more of it, wouldn't there? And if my water had broken, labor would follow soon after, wouldn't it?
Around dinner time, I started noticing slightly more of it, so I called the hospital just to ease my mind. They said that it was probably just some mucous, but I should watch it for another hour or so, and if I really thought it was amniotic fluid, I should come in and have it tested. We ate dinner and watched Prison Break. About two hours later, I finally decided I'd better go and make sure my water hadn't broken. It wouldn't hurt to check, at any rate.
So Jon Boy added a change of clothes to the hospital bag, and we slowly picked out some CDs and movies, you know, just in case we ended up staying. We also brought my laptop so he could let people know if the baby came. Even though I had promised my family that I would call when we left for the hospital, I didn't call them. I figured we'd probably be back.
We drove to the hospital, calmly chatting about nothing. I had pictured this drive for so long, but it (oddly enough) had always involved either gushing from unmentionable places or painful contractions---or both. I actually felt silly walking into LDS Hospital and saying to the guy at the front desk that I thought my bag of waters had broken and had been advised to have it checked.
"Do you need a wheelchair?" he asked, almost jokingly. I assured him I didn't.
Labor and delivery checked me into a room and gave me one of those awful hospital gowns to change into. I asked the nurse what would happen if they found the fluid was amniotic fluid after all. She told me that if it was, I wasn't going anywhere. We would have to decide whether to wait for labor to start on its own or whether I should be induced.
Did you know that it takes three different tests to identify amniotic fluid? There's a visual check for pooling, a chemical test, and a test that involves putting some on a slide, waiting for it to dry, and seeing if it makes distinctive "ferning" patterns. I had no idea. The first two tests were positive, and when they came back after taking the slide out, they were hooking me up to fetal monitors and inserting an IV, just in case I needed it later. I guess that means the third test was conclusive. (Funny side trip: I watched the screen and asked the nurse what it would look like if I had a contraction. She said, "Actually, it looks like you're having one right now." I totally couldn't feel it. Odd.)
The next two and a half hours were really boring. I think we talked and watched late shows and waited for something to happen. At midnight, they came back in and asked if I wanted to start a Pitocin drip to get labor started. They said they'd start slow and see if that would jump start things or if they'd need to give me more.
By about 12:30, I was having strong contractions every 2–3 minutes. A lot of it was back labor, so the nurse showed Jon Boy how to push on my knee and my back to help with the pain. That was good for about two hours, until it started just making things worse. Turns out the breathing exercises that seemed so silly in the childbirth education classes helped a lot.
At 2:30, the nurse asked if I wanted an epidural. She said she didn't want to push me either way, and she said I seemed to be handling things all right, but if I wanted one, I could have one. I said I wasn't sure and I'd like to know how far along I was (in other words, how much longer I'd have to keep up the "handling it well" guise).
Come to find out that I was still just over 3 cm dilated, the same as I had been at the doctor's appointment Monday morning. The nurse helpfully told me I was completely effaced, though. Thanks, I thought, that makes me feel so much better.
In the middle of the next contraction, it became amazingly easy to make up my mind about that epidural. The anesthesiologist came in within minutes. I had been told that he would spend 15 minutes with me explaining the procedure and the risks involved before giving me forms to sign. The conversation actually went something like this:
Anesthesiologist: "Mumble mumble mumble?"
Me: "Huh?"
Anesthesiologist: "Mumble risks mumble epidural?"
Me: "I'm sorry, I don't understand you."
Anesthesiologist: "Do you understand the risks associated with an epidural?"
Me: "Oh. Yes." (Contraction.)
Anesthesiologist: "Mumble mumble mumble."
Me: "Huh?"
Anesthesiologist: "Mumble sign mumble mumble." (He thrusts a form into my hand.)
Me: (A bit dazed) "Where do I sign?"
Anesthesiologist: "Mumble top mumble."
Me: "Huh?" (Notice a pattern here? Jon Boy says I was mumbling too, but at least I had an excuse.)
At this point, the nurse explained where to sign. She'd also begun translating for me after about the third "Huh?"
Anesthesiologist: "Roll over onto your side."
Me: I roll over.
CONTRACTION!
Anesthesiologist: "Now, don't move."
Me: *Groans* "Can you wait until the contraction is over?"
Anesthesiologist: "Oh, sure." (As if it hadn't occurred to him that it might be hard for me to concentrate on not moving in the midst of a contraction. Also, I swear he couldn't tell that I was having them, despite the fact that I was doing my breathing exercises, grasping the side of the bed, and closing my eyes. Sheesh, this guy's bedside manner was stellar. I can't complain too much, though, because he gave me the epidural quickly and painlessly once we finally got past the pesky communication part.)
Less than five minutes later, I began to feel much better. Soon after that, they stopped the Pitocin because the epidural hadn't slowed things down at all, and they figured my body would be able to handle things on its own. It did.
By 4:30, I was completely dilated and ready to push. (Four and a half hours! Way to go, body!) The thing was, the nurse told me that I should wait an hour for the baby to begin moving down the birth canal on his own so that the pushing part would be easier on me. She suggested Jon Boy and I take a nap, and she turned down the lights.
As if I could sleep. My baby boy was so close! So I listened to his heart beeping merrily on the monitor and focused on not pushing when the contractions came. I wondered what he'd look like. I wondered if Jon Boy was sleeping. I watched the clock and waited.
Finally, at 5:30, the nurse came back and told me I could try pushing. Yay! I had to stop again at about 6:20 because the doctor hadn't arrived yet and the nurse didn't want to have to deliver the baby herself. During this time, the epidural was wearing off, but I didn't mind. I wanted to feel those contractions so I could push like She-Ra and bring the baby into the world. I honestly felt very powerful as I pushed. With every push, my baby was a little closer to being born!
The doctor arrived, and at 6:33 a.m., out came the baby. He cried right away, and very soon after birth, he looked properly pink and baby-like. I thought he was beautiful, and I felt absolutely exhausted. I don't really remember much from the first little while after he was born. I know I was wheeled into the recovery room, and I tried breastfeeding soon afterwards. I got a few stitches for some small tears. Jon Boy and I decided within minutes of his birth that our baby looked like a Liam, and soon after that, we decided on Gareth as his middle name. He had Jon Boy's nose.
I wasn't prepared to fall in love with him so quickly. Sometime that first day, Jon Boy told me that he felt, when he looked at Liam, that he was just right for us, that he fit perfectly. That's about how I felt. It's logically uncomprehensible to me that I can so fervently love a person who just eats, sleeps, and poops, and who caused me considerable pain not long ago. Still, I find myself not minding at all when he cries at 3:00 a.m. to be fed, or when he squirts poop all over my hand and his clothes during a diaper change, or when he refuses to nurse unless I'm pacing. He's beautiful, and he's ours.
And if you read all the way to the end, you get a gold star.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Precious.
Yup. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I read it all the way to the end, and it made me tear up. How sweet. Thanks for sharing. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Me too, ElJay.
Now I'm all teary and happy at work.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I get a gold star!
Seriously, Brinestone, that's a great story. I especially liked the end. I guess that means there's hope for people like me...
Congrats and I bet you're glad it's over! Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
quote:I especially liked the end. I guess that means there's hope for people like me...
Quid, you cry at 3am and squirt poop on people?
Congratulations again, Brinestone.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Congrats, Brinestone!
quote:... push like She-Ra ...
Yes! Thank you so much for the perfect description of that feeling. After having two without epidurals, I feel like I can do anything. Whenever I get wimpy, I remind myself that I Delivered A Baby, I Am Superwoman, I Can Handle Anything.
quote:I wasn't prepared to fall in love with him so quickly. ... {Liam} was just right for us, that he fit perfectly.
That's exactly how I felt too. As soon as I saw my first, I was totally in love. And even though we'd just "met", he looked exactly how I expected him to look, and I felt like I'd known him forever.
Nursing while pacing? You're more talented than I was at less than a week! (It would've taken me until my third baby to be able to do that.)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
What a great story, Brinestone. I'm glad you shared it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Brinestone, thank you for sharing that. Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Seems like you're passing out gold stars left and right! That was a great story. You seem very happy, and I'm so excited for your new little family.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Gold star for me, too! Good job, honey! I really enjoyed the blow-by-blow account, along with color commentary.
mumble mumble mumble... Anesthesiologists! Sheesh!
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Cool. I never get gold stars. I always get black dots.
Anyways. Awesome story. I'm such a sucker for baby stories now. I got all teary-eyed.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
quote:After having two without epidurals, I feel like I can do anything. Whenever I get wimpy, I remind myself that I Delivered A Baby, I Am Superwoman, I Can Handle Anything.
Having my son (now 13) was like that for me, too. His birth was totally natural. For the first time in my life, I felt like I'd done something really difficult and come out victorious. I was tough, and nobody ever called me tough about anything. I remember how much strength that gave me through my late 20s.
With my daughter, I was just glad to not be pregnant anymore. And my opinion of epidurals grew to the level of proposed deification for all anesthesiologists.
Congrats Brinestone! That was a GREAT story. I love how you describe your wonder in your son and your new relationship. Beautiful.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Congratulations, Brinestone (and Jon Boy too!). Thanks for sharing the story.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
*sends Jon Boy to the store to pick up more gold stars*
Thanks, guys. It was a mostly self-indulgent post, but I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
Brinestone, I'm so happy for you three!
And I'm really glad you shared your story!
I still smile at my journal of Sophie's birth and first few days.
Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
Thank you for sharing that story! I love your writing voice. It brings back good memories of my children's births.
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Welcome to the world, Liam.
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