Baseball & The Boogie Down

He's here. The Boogie Down Baby was born on 8/22 @ 4:50am EST. he clocked in at 7 lbs 13 oz and measured at 21 inches. Mom and baby are doing great, and Dad needs some sleep. But the Yankees are on, and even though I've been up since 7am on 8/21 (40 hours) and I've probably slept for 2 non-consecutive hours if I'm lucky, but I'm a trooper, so I'm watching the game. I couldn't stay with the missus because it's a semi-private room, but it's for the best, as sleeping in a chair isn't all that great.
We went in yesterday at 6pm to start the induction process. It starts with a 12 hour process where they soften the cervix and then moves on to the actual induction. We didn't make it that far. She got the softener at 6:45pm. We thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Hang out, catch some z's, and wait for the real fun to begin in the morning. Little did we know that the real fun starts almost immediately. The contractions started around 8pm or so, and were fine at first, but a little after 10pm, they started getting closer and closer and more intense. The wife was writhing in pain, so they came in to check and see if she was dilated. She was still at 1 centimeter, same as she was 2 weeks ago. They explained that these contractions were normal with the softener and to expect them to continue. Not good. Needless to say they continued and continued to get worse. They offered her a sleep aid at midnight, which she took, and that was no help. They also checked to see what she was dilated...still 1 centimeter. At 2am, we got a slight break as they gave her a shot of some pain medication. The nurse said it would give her about 3-4 hours of relief. That relief lasted all of about 30 minutes. They also checked her cervix..still 1 centimeter. I tried to catch a few winks while I could, and did sort of okay, but I could hear the wife's breathing get heavier and heavier with each passing minute. The contractions were causing so much pain that the nurse came in at 3am and checked to see if she was dilated any more. 3 centimeters! Finally, progress. They ordered an epidural, which she got a little past 3:30. Now, they kick you out of the room when they do that, probably so you can't watch them mess it up and then sue their pants off down the road, so I was told to come back in 15 minutes. They called me back into the room at 3:55 and the wife was feeling no pain. But that wasn't the good news. She was fully dilated at 10 centimeters! She went from 1-10 centimeters in less than 2 hours. We killed a half hour waiting for our doc to show up. She got there at 4:25am. It was go time. 6 contractions and 25 minutes of pushing later, and out slid the baby. And at 4:50am EST, about 10 hours from when the whole thing started, and less than 3 hours from when she started dilating, I became a daddy, and I've never been happier. Holy cow. What an experience to go through. I'm on cloud 9. Here's a pic of the little guy, already representing.

He's here. The Boogie Down Baby was born on 8/22 @ 4:50am EST. he clocked in at 7 lbs 13 oz and measured at 21 inches. Mom and baby are doing great, and Dad needs some sleep. But the Yankees are on, and even though I've been up since 7am on 8/21 (40 hours) and I've probably slept for 2 non-consecutive hours if I'm lucky, but I'm a trooper, so I'm watching the game. I couldn't stay with the missus because it's a semi-private room, but it's for the best, as sleeping in a chair isn't all that great.
We went in yesterday at 6pm to start the induction process. It starts with a 12 hour process where they soften the cervix and then moves on to the actual induction. We didn't make it that far. She got the softener at 6:45pm. We thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Hang out, catch some z's, and wait for the real fun to begin in the morning. Little did we know that the real fun starts almost immediately. The contractions started around 8pm or so, and were fine at first, but a little after 10pm, they started getting closer and closer and more intense. The wife was writhing in pain, so they came in to check and see if she was dilated. She was still at 1 centimeter, same as she was 2 weeks ago. They explained that these contractions were normal with the softener and to expect them to continue. Not good. Needless to say they continued and continued to get worse. They offered her a sleep aid at midnight, which she took, and that was no help. They also checked to see what she was dilated...still 1 centimeter. At 2am, we got a slight break as they gave her a shot of some pain medication. The nurse said it would give her about 3-4 hours of relief. That relief lasted all of about 30 minutes. They also checked her cervix..still 1 centimeter. I tried to catch a few winks while I could, and did sort of okay, but I could hear the wife's breathing get heavier and heavier with each passing minute. The contractions were causing so much pain that the nurse came in at 3am and checked to see if she was dilated any more. 3 centimeters! Finally, progress. They ordered an epidural, which she got a little past 3:30. Now, they kick you out of the room when they do that, probably so you can't watch them mess it up and then sue their pants off down the road, so I was told to come back in 15 minutes. They called me back into the room at 3:55 and the wife was feeling no pain. But that wasn't the good news. She was fully dilated at 10 centimeters! She went from 1-10 centimeters in less than 2 hours. We killed a half hour waiting for our doc to show up. She got there at 4:25am. It was go time. 6 contractions and 25 minutes of pushing later, and out slid the baby. And at 4:50am EST, about 10 hours from when the whole thing started, and less than 3 hours from when she started dilating, I became a daddy, and I've never been happier. Holy cow. What an experience to go through. I'm on cloud 9. Here's a pic of the little guy, already representing.

He's here. The Boogie Down Baby was born on 8/22 @ 4:50am EST. he clocked in at 7 lbs 13 oz and measured at 21 inches. Mom and baby are doing great, and Dad needs some sleep. But the Yankees are on, and even though I've been up since 7am on 8/21 (40 hours) and I've probably slept for 2 non-consecutive hours if I'm lucky, but I'm a trooper, so I'm watching the game. I couldn't stay with the missus because it's a semi-private room, but it's for the best, as sleeping in a chair isn't all that great.
We went in yesterday at 6pm to start the induction process. It starts with a 12 hour process where they soften the cervix and then moves on to the actual induction. We didn't make it that far. She got the softener at 6:45pm. We thought it was going to be a walk in the park. Hang out, catch some z's, and wait for the real fun to begin in the morning. Little did we know that the real fun starts almost immediately. The contractions started around 8pm or so, and were fine at first, but a little after 10pm, they started getting closer and closer and more intense. The wife was writhing in pain, so they came in to check and see if she was dilated. She was still at 1 centimeter, same as she was 2 weeks ago. They explained that these contractions were normal with the softener and to expect them to continue. Not good. Needless to say they continued and continued to get worse. They offered her a sleep aid at midnight, which she took, and that was no help. They also checked to see what she was dilated...still 1 centimeter. At 2am, we got a slight break as they gave her a shot of some pain medication. The nurse said it would give her about 3-4 hours of relief. That relief lasted all of about 30 minutes. They also checked her cervix..still 1 centimeter. I tried to catch a few winks while I could, and did sort of okay, but I could hear the wife's breathing get heavier and heavier with each passing minute. The contractions were causing so much pain that the nurse came in at 3am and checked to see if she was dilated any more. 3 centimeters! Finally, progress. They ordered an epidural, which she got a little past 3:30. Now, they kick you out of the room when they do that, probably so you can't watch them mess it up and then sue their pants off down the road, so I was told to come back in 15 minutes. They called me back into the room at 3:55 and the wife was feeling no pain. But that wasn't the good news. She was fully dilated at 10 centimeters! She went from 1-10 centimeters in less than 2 hours. We killed a half hour waiting for our doc to show up. She got there at 4:25am. It was go time. 6 contractions and 25 minutes of pushing later, and out slid the baby. And at 4:50am EST, about 10 hours from when the whole thing started, and less than 3 hours from when she started dilating, I became a daddy, and I've never been happier. Holy cow. What an experience to go through. I'm on cloud 9. Here's a pic of the little guy, already representing.

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