The big update....

On September 10, 2009, at 7:07am, Jean gave birth to a 8lb 12.7oz, 20.7" baby boy. We named him Wyatt Kenneth. As I am sure every father does, I think he is beautiful. The end result of all the time spent is a very perfect picture.

However, getting to our bundle of joy was not as exciting.

We were scheduled to be induced on Wednesday, 9/9/09. We arrived at the hospital around 6:30am, and I was SET on a 9/9/09 baby. Jean was set on Pitocin and the waiting game began. Not alot to talk about for the next hours. Contractions finally started around 3:30 or so, and around 6:45pm our OB, Dr. Johnson, broke Jeans water. Now things were going to happen!! Yeah, right. At 9:50 they decided to insert a IUP (measures contraction intensity and frequency), as well as a Fetal Heart monitor onto Wyatts head since we were having difficulty with the external monitor. The contractions were getting more and more intense starting at around 7:30 or so, and at 10:10 Jean finally requested her Epidural, since the intensity has really shot up at 10 when her water did finally let loose. Her savior arrived around 10:30, and by 10:40 Jean was ready to nap, as the pain was gone. We were given some time (from about 1 until 3) to try to sleep, but as anyone who has been in the hospital knows, the visits every 20 minutes from the nurses greatly limit the quality you get. Around 3am, our nurse came in to check Jeans cervix and announces, "Your set, time to start pushing". Around 3:15 Jean started the process, and made great strides very quickly. It was not long before the doctor showed me my sons head, and we kept going.

At 5:45 the nurse mentions that things are not really progressing anymore. She called the doctor, and when she arrived, we were informed that forceps and the vacuum were not options due to the babys position. She also mentioned that Wyatt was face up (not good) and also in a sort of twisted position, and she felt the only chance for vaginal birth was to turn the baby. Wyatt disagreed, and to prove his early life stubbornness, a C-section was requested. The look on Jeans face nearly brought me to my knees. She had went through 3 hours of pushing, being prodded, and whatever else, and now, they were going to surgery.

Surgery went extremely well, and mom and baby are doing fine. He is a big boy, with a 14" head, and also has the hand size to prove it!!

Just photos now, update later....

The final pre-baby post.....

I can honestly say, that this will be the final pre-baby post. Tomorrow, 9/9/09, Jean and I need to be at St. Lukes birthing center at 6:30am to have the labor induced. As much as I know Jean is not looking forward to the idea of induced labor, she is also fairly happy to have this phase behind her. We both are anxious, nervous, excited, scared, and ecstatic to be parents!!

Keep you all posted, and hope to have pictures up soon!!

The light at the end of the tunnel??

It is all getting very close. Its almost surreal. Here we are, within a week of our due date, and it feels like only weeks ago we were telling everyone that we were expecting. Wow how time flies.

We made it through the weekend, and The Lutgen wedding. We were both very glad we made it, and had a great time. It will be nice to someday explain to little BK that they were able to attend their godparents wedding, and how much their parents both appreciate that!!

So, with the weekend over, we are trying to catch up on some sleep, and relaxing a bit with the inevitable truth around the corner that we will soon be parents, and up approximately one time a night for the next few weeks. (A guy can dream, and please, don't wreck this for me!!) Last night, Monday night, as we were laying in bed, the contractions started. They are small, and inconsistent, but nonetheless there. I guess what this means, is there is no denying it, soon, we will be parents!!