And here's Tommy making funny faces.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Our Ninja Turtle Family
So, Tommy's pretty much a commando, in that he was pretty much born with the ability to hold his head up. Here he is at 10 days old holding his own head up.
And here's Tommy making funny faces.
And here's Tommy making funny faces.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A couple more pictures and a story
So, I was trying to upload videos of the li'l guy, but that isn't working on the hospital internet, so I'll just tell you about the labor and delivery and first few days with a couple of pictures.
Labor: Crystal was pretty close to labor (contractions 6-7 minutes apart) on Monday just before our regular OB appointment. Contractions had started Friday and by Sunday we had had enough waiting and walked until they were 5 minutes apart (but still pretty weak) and tried to get admitted to the hospital. That didn't work, so we were pretty sad at this appointment. The doc said we were pretty close and so he performed a little operation that sometimes accelerates prelabor. I posted about this part already.
Soon the contractions were close enough to go, and we were admitted. They were accelerating very rapidly and becoming much worse. I helped coach breathing a little, then Crystal got the epidural. The rest of the night was pretty chill, with various nurses coming to check on us. Crystal progressed kind of slowly, and her water didn't break until the early morning, right before she was ready to push.
Pushing was an ordeal. The pain and pressure was starting to be just a little too much for the epidural to handle, but Crystal pushed like a champion for about two hours. Seems as though our boy wasn't playing ball, so they called our OB and he used suction to get the baby out. Crystal again pushed like there was no tomorrow. Soon our baby was born--he was giant! They weighed and measured him-- 10 lb 11 oz, 22.5 inches long!
Tommy's first day in the big world was a hit. He is such a beautiful baby. There have been trials of getting him to learn how to eat right--he's so big he wants more than his mom can provide by herself, so we are supplementing until the milk comes in. Today he learned to take that bottle right, after his real meal, of course.
Pictures of our baby:
Labor: Crystal was pretty close to labor (contractions 6-7 minutes apart) on Monday just before our regular OB appointment. Contractions had started Friday and by Sunday we had had enough waiting and walked until they were 5 minutes apart (but still pretty weak) and tried to get admitted to the hospital. That didn't work, so we were pretty sad at this appointment. The doc said we were pretty close and so he performed a little operation that sometimes accelerates prelabor. I posted about this part already.
Soon the contractions were close enough to go, and we were admitted. They were accelerating very rapidly and becoming much worse. I helped coach breathing a little, then Crystal got the epidural. The rest of the night was pretty chill, with various nurses coming to check on us. Crystal progressed kind of slowly, and her water didn't break until the early morning, right before she was ready to push.
Pushing was an ordeal. The pain and pressure was starting to be just a little too much for the epidural to handle, but Crystal pushed like a champion for about two hours. Seems as though our boy wasn't playing ball, so they called our OB and he used suction to get the baby out. Crystal again pushed like there was no tomorrow. Soon our baby was born--he was giant! They weighed and measured him-- 10 lb 11 oz, 22.5 inches long!
Tommy's first day in the big world was a hit. He is such a beautiful baby. There have been trials of getting him to learn how to eat right--he's so big he wants more than his mom can provide by herself, so we are supplementing until the milk comes in. Today he learned to take that bottle right, after his real meal, of course.
Pictures of our baby:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Announcement!
Thomas Spencer Chatterton was born at 6:06 am Arizona Time in Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, Arizona. He weighed 10 lb 11 oz at birth and was 22.5 inches long. (I suspect he's only fatter and bigger now at 9:30.)
Monday, June 8, 2009
Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
"Epidurals are amazing." - Crystal
So, we're at Banner Gateway Medical Center, having had a really rough weekend of expecting the baby to come at any moment. We came in on Sunday after a walk got Crystal's (then weak sauce) contractions to about 5 min apart. Monday we tried to do our things (Crystal had big cleaning plans) and wait, but it was hard. We had an OB appointment and he performed a minor procedure to get things moving along more. I decided after that that I wasn't going to be able to finish my workday, and that we'd watch one episode of Psych and wait to see if the contractions got regular and hardcore. They weren't quite there at the end of the episode (you know, the Civil War reenactment one? That one's great) so I did about a half-hour more of work. By this point we were really close, so I took another little break and we sat down for a bit and very soon we were ready to go. Contractions were about 3 minutes apart and nearly bringing Crystal to tears. It was about 5:05 when we actually got out the door.
After our two false alarms, it was a relief when we were fairly instantly admitted. We were working on getting everything ready in the LD room, but no nurses came soon. Seems they were pretty busy today. By now the contractions were pretty much back to back and really painful. I did a decent job coaching breathing, but it was clearly time for the epidural, which apparently was super awesome. Crystal's just chillin' and I'm obviously updating the blog.
So, we're at Banner Gateway Medical Center, having had a really rough weekend of expecting the baby to come at any moment. We came in on Sunday after a walk got Crystal's (then weak sauce) contractions to about 5 min apart. Monday we tried to do our things (Crystal had big cleaning plans) and wait, but it was hard. We had an OB appointment and he performed a minor procedure to get things moving along more. I decided after that that I wasn't going to be able to finish my workday, and that we'd watch one episode of Psych and wait to see if the contractions got regular and hardcore. They weren't quite there at the end of the episode (you know, the Civil War reenactment one? That one's great) so I did about a half-hour more of work. By this point we were really close, so I took another little break and we sat down for a bit and very soon we were ready to go. Contractions were about 3 minutes apart and nearly bringing Crystal to tears. It was about 5:05 when we actually got out the door.
After our two false alarms, it was a relief when we were fairly instantly admitted. We were working on getting everything ready in the LD room, but no nurses came soon. Seems they were pretty busy today. By now the contractions were pretty much back to back and really painful. I did a decent job coaching breathing, but it was clearly time for the epidural, which apparently was super awesome. Crystal's just chillin' and I'm obviously updating the blog.
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