Day 2 with Brooklyn

Brooklyn Rose with her first dress. She had to get dressed for her first photoshoot with the hospital photography company. All I see is Cheeks!


Grandma with Brooklyn Rose


Holding her head up with eyes open! Geez how old is this kid?


Tis the season. It was a chilly 30 degrees when I went home for a few hours today. This is what we see from the Baby Hotel. The cone shaped building is the State Capitol Building.

Here She is!

Around 7:00pm last night our baby came to join us. Mom and Baby (as of right now Brooklyn Rose Adair) are doing well. Brooklyn was 8 lbs 12oz, 20.333inches long. Her head about 13 inches.

Oh wait let's get it out now..Her initials will be B.R.A.,hahahaha. Okay, now we never need to talk about it again... :) Unless they want a knuckle sandwich from Brooklyn. LOL

Our hospital room doesn't allow cell phones, so don't expect the phone to be answered right away. We have a room number, but I am not sharing it, cus Mommy is tired!

So here's what happened after the 9.5 cm epidural. As it was time to start pushing Shantel, the nurse Tia, and I were dilgent in every contraction. Mommy was super tough because she would give 4 huge 10-count pushes during every contraction. After an hour we saw some good progress as Daddy was super pumped to see baby's head started to show. After about another hour to hour and half we could see the baby's head really starting to show. From there Shanny pushed for almost another 2 hours, reaching pure exhaustion, and little baby movement. Meanwhile during this whole process bay's heart rate would drop every so often so mom got to breate with the O2 mask.

So four hours have gone by, and it was time for some assitance, so out came the Vacuum pump. With Big metal forceps on stand by, I told Shanny "We need to get her out now, becuase we don't want to use those Big Salad Tongs!" As the doctor instered the vacuum cap and the nurse began to build pressure, I could see that the baby's heads was beginning to be totally sucked into this little cup. I was like "Holy Cow, we're gonna damage her brain for life." Can you say "Resilient"

The doctor stood at the foot of the bed standing with both hands on the vancuum cup handles. During the next contractions came the beginning of the rest of our lives. Shan began to push like she was Superman stopping the runaway train, and the doc pulled hard! After 3 insane pushes and tugging her head was out and they wanted to get the rest of her out quick. Another 3 HUGE (here life depends on it ) pushes and some sweet manuvering by the doctor, we had little baby completey out.

I was able to cut the cord as they hurried the baby to NICU, as she had Marchonium (sp). Basically means baby was getting to big so she did a little "doo-doo" inside the womb. Well, me not knowing I was like, well who cares, it has to go somewhere what's the big deal. AS you can imagine being dipped in poo and taking your first breathe, it's not a healthy situation. So NICU took some standard agressive matters. To make sure she was okay.

OUr first night went well. Baby is feeding on Mommy and Mommy is doing prettty good considering. I'll let her talk about what a 8lb 12 oz baby does when she is tugged from her little 9 month home... I bet Dr. King can sew a nice quilt because I saw her do some serious sewing last night.... :(

The Calm before the

Okay, so we had all kinds of action early, now Shanny's been pushing for 3.5 hours. We can see the babies head but she just won't peek at the world. The doc gave the option for vacuum assistance but Shan decided to push a bit longer. Shanny has been super strong, she's getting a bit tired but hopefully the second wind will come. I've tried talking the baby out, bribery, threatened to ground her, but she still feels best inside Mama. Ahhhh well I guess she'll come eventually..

WOW!

So we just had a super intense situation! Shanny was tired of the pain so she asked for the epidural. The epidural specialist came in and started doing his thing. Shanny's spaces in her back are really small so it was a little slow to get the procedure done. Meanwhile the baby's heart rate started dropping. We had 4 nurses and the doctor in here before we knew it. Shan was on hands and knees as the nurses were trying to relieve some pressure. She was at 4cm, then to 9.5 cm in an hour and fifteen minutes! After some O2 and the new position, baby's heart rate came up. Shanny now lays much more comfortable with the new medicine, but is feeling some "pressure." Nurse say's we are getting close and it time to save some energy for the grand finale. Wish us luck!

Getting Intense

Okay, contractions are getting pretty intense. Shanny hasn't taken any medicine yet, and most of the smiles have turned to pain. We've been using a birthing ball with massages and back rubs. Gonna get techy right now: Shans 4 Cm right now with 80% effaced (sp).

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!

Don't change the channel.

Step Two

Dr. King just stopped by. Shan is having a great start. In order to speed the labor process it's common for the doctor the "break the water." So about 5 minutes ago the doctor performed that simple task, so we should be on our way to the races. They estimate we could be here another 7-10 hours, but everyone is different.

Here's a pic of the baby's heart monitor (110-160) beats per minute is good. Yeah, pretty fast!

The BIG Day!

Good morning,

Today Shanny and I are at St.Lukes Hospital in Boise to have our little one. Shanny was up this morning at 5:30 with a shower, good breakfast and hair and make-up. She wants to look good for the baby, hahaha.

Our room is nice , and our nurse Tia is super nice and accomodating.

At this moment Shanny has an IV, and they started with the drug Pitocyn (sp) to start labor contractions. She answering all of the preliminary questions, allergies, last time she ate, etc... We hope everything goes well today and speaking for myself, "Super Excited!" Mommy to be is a bit nervous, and just started her first contraction of the morning.





Stay tuned!