3:22 am
Took Tylenol PM last night (my doc says it's okay) and it certainly helps my aches and pains from sitting at the computer editing all day, but doesn't really help much on the sleeping end. I just woke up and needed to get up to go to the bathroom (common these days) and started thinking, "Erik and Meaghan are probably packing the car and getting ready to leave right now." They're anticipating the birth of their first child, a boy, by c-section this morning around 6:00 am. They have to be at the hospital at 4:00 am. I'm sure they probably didn't get much sleep during the night!
6:08 am
If they're on time (and when are doctors and hospitals ever on time?), Meaghan's having her c-section right now. In our birthing class, they said the entire thing takes about an hour/hour and a half from start to finish and that the baby comes out fairly early in the process. I wonder what my nephew's birth minute will be? I'm also praying that everything goes alright and that he's healthy and happy. I can't imagine what Erik and Meaghan are feeling and going through right now. Oh, yeah--Erik is my brother and Meaghan is his wife. I'm the oldest of four, in case you weren't sure, and Erik and Meaghan are in their late twenties.
7:47 am
No word from Erik yet, but he said he may not call since everyone knew what time the c-section was scheduled. I realized in between my delirious dreams that I hadn't said why they were getting a c-section. Well, the baby's breech (that means sitting up instead of head-down) and they didn't want to risk a natural birth. Painful for baby and mommy, and potentially dangerous. I think I'll be going to the hospital with dad and Beth around 11:30 (Erik didn't want visitors before noon) since Al went to work today. Oh, and in my dream, I was having a c-section but for some reason they still wanted me to deliver the afterbirth vaginally, so they left it in and stitched me up and let me have the extra contractions and all while I was holding my gender-neutral baby. Then Batman and Robin showed up, and Batman told Robin to "get with the 4-1-1," which apparently meant put on his uniform (which I told him sarcastically as I tossed his tightie-whities at him). This could possibly have been a separate dream. :)
8:18 am
Thought my next timed post would be if/when Erik called, but I just noticed on Facebook that Meaghan said she was on her way to the hospital at 1:38 am. Why so early? They weren't scheduled to be there until 4:00 am. Now I'm wondering if I should worry...8:32 am
I got the call from Erik! Noah Warren was born at 6:52 am and he and mommy both did just fine. He's 6 pounds 13 ounces, 18 1/2 inches long, has Meaghan's nose and short brown hair. Daddy sounded excited and I am heading up to the hospital with my own dad and Beth around 11:30 to meet him.
5:48 pm
Just got home about twenty minutes ago from a two and a half hour visit at the hospital. Noah is so cute! He slept almost the entire time we were there and really only cried once. They keep joking that he's either holding it all in for nighttime or for when they arrive home--we'll see! He's quite photogenic, too, as these pictures prove (no, Auntie Rhonda isn't biased at all!). And I discovered that even a baby as small as Noah can make my weak arms tired, so I think my arms will probably be in better shape than they've been all my life after my little one arrives! Mommy and Daddy are both doing well and incredibly happy. The only sad part for me--and I didn't say anything to the others in my family--was that my mother couldn't be there to hold him, too. I'm sure when it comes to my turn I'll cry about that a little, but I managed to hold it in for my brother's sake. Congratulations, Erik and Meaghan! And welcome to the world, little Noah. We love you already.
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