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A baby, an induction, and the waiting game...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:54 am
by Xyon_of_Calhoun
Today's the day! My girlfriend was due on Sunday, but the baby's decided not to show. So I am sat in the antenatal ward waiting for the induction gel to take effect.
It's going to be a long day...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:27 am
by Jenica Sabiny
Eeeeee!!! Oh, you MUST let us (me me me) know when, how much he weighs, everything!!! And pictures. I *demand* pictures!
Wish your girlfriend well. All of the ladies I know who were induced actually had a very good birth, relatively speaking. Tell her that if/when they offer the epidural, TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:15 pm
by Xyon_of_Calhoun
Jenica Sabiny wrote:Eeeeee!!! Oh, you MUST let us (me me me) know when, how much he weighs, everything!!! And pictures. I *demand* pictures!
Wish your girlfriend well. All of the ladies I know who were induced actually had a very good birth, relatively speaking. Tell her that if/when they offer the epidural, TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT.
My girlfriend said she'll bear that in mind.
She also said you're slightly crazy.
She learns fast...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:44 pm
by Lylessa Uluki
I hope your girlfriend will have a safe and speedy delivery. Congratulations in advance on the new little one.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:26 am
by Xyon_of_Calhoun
Well, the gel doesn't seem to have worked.
They are about to examine her to see if they can break her waters.
As soon as the department's only doctor comes out of theatre, that is...
*waits*
*waits longer*
*gives up and does it himself*
Screw the NHS.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:45 pm
by Lylessa Uluki
My mother would sympathize. They had a hell of a time actually getting her to go into labour when it was (past) time to have me. Once she eventually did, though, everything went well and she had a pretty easy delivery. I hope your girlfriend will find the same once the waiting is finally done.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:25 am
by Jenica Sabiny
Ditto. Complete with the eloquence! You rock, Lylessa.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:51 pm
by Xyon_of_Calhoun
Done. The baby was born a week ago today.
Damn these things are noisy
Pictures follow.
http://www.kazaimages.com/download.php? ... a6fc441515
Just born, literally minutes old.
http://www.kazaimages.com/download.php? ... 9a4488af79
Me holding him, a few days old.
http://www.kazaimages.com/download.php? ... 2762ef474a
About three days old.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:05 pm
by Frug
d'awww
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:37 pm
by Lylessa Uluki
Aw, what a cute baby! Congratulations!
You've probably said this before and it just slipped my mind, but what's his name?
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:24 pm
by Amira Lum
Omg baby!!!!!!
Congrats!
He's adorable!
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:41 pm
by Lanya Caliope
Babyyyyy!!! *so excited*
That first pic is adorable and I love him! D'awwwww! Congrats. Is mother doing well? How about father?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:22 pm
by Asiona & Lateus
SO CUTE!!
OMG.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:31 pm
by Xyon_of_Calhoun
Lylessa Uluki wrote:Aw, what a cute baby! Congratulations!
You've probably said this before and it just slipped my mind, but what's his name?
To give him his full name:
Luke Isaac John Bladen
The mother's doing ok. I was in a bit of a daze when I posted the above, sleepless nights being VERY true at the moment, and so didn't get to explain.
After the placenta was delivered, she suffered a rather large - litre and a half, in fact - bleed from the blood vessels that used to supply it, having evidently not realised that it had since departed the uterus.
After an agonising few minutes, the doctors stabilised her, and she was able to hold our son properly for the first time.
Short version, as my baby boy is about to wake up for a nappy change, the bleed has left her anaemic and quite ill. She had a transfusion on the Friday night, and came home last Saturday.
I'm doing well, and coping with a whole different kind of insomnia now. The look in his eyes when I pick him up is enough to keep me smiling all day.