PuddleMama and Lucy are both sleeping, and I'm surprisingly not exhausted (well, not exhausted to the point where I can't take a few minutes for a blog post.) The birth day was quite an epic day in my life, and the details are certainly not as exciting as the payout, but I thought I would put a timeline up for the sake of historical accuracy.
Sunday, March 1st
6:30 p.m. PuddleMama and I drop off
PuddleDoggy at Resort Steve.
PuddleDoggy is distracted by a rawhide and
PuddleMama and I sneak off.
7:00 p.m. PuddleMama and I arrive at the hospital. We get checked into a decent-sized room where Lucy will eventually be born.
9:00 p.m. PuddleMama is given
Cervidil. We found out later
Cervidil has an awe-
inspiring 50% success rate. I'm glad I didn't know this before.
Monday, March 2nd
Early Morning Hours: Cervidil works.
PuddleMama starts feeling some contractions.
8:30 a.m. PuddleMama is
dilated to 2 cm and
given Pitocen to really start the ball rolling
10:30 a.m. Contractions start getting strong.
PuddleMama's water breaks. It really gushes.
10:45 a.m. Two people hit $1.00 on the nuts on the Price is Right. Lucky.
11:00 a.m. Epidural is given to
PuddleMama.
1:00 p.m. Puddlemama is
dilated to 4 cm. After discussion with Nurse and some quick math I determine that
PuddleBaby's arrival time should be between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Nurse can't get a good reading on the contractions. A device is inserted into
PuddleMama to better track contractions. We are told that on a contraction we want the number to hit 65 on the monitor. I am reminded of the fair game where you swing the giant sledgehammer and try to ring the bell.
2:00 p.m. PuddleMama is hitting 65-70 like a champ (she totally would have won the giant stuffed bear.) Nurse says she will examine PuddleMama again between 3:00 and 3:30.
2:40 p.m. PuddleMama really wants to push. I call the nurse in.
2:45 p.m. PuddleMama is
dilated to a full 10 cm (yes, a half hour before she was even scheduled to get checked again.) Time to push!
3:40 p.m. Our doctor is no where to be found. A random doctor is called in.
3:45 p.m. Lucy Una
Kleczka is born.
3:46 p.m. I determine the sex of the baby and get to tell
PuddleMama personally she has a baby daughter.
3:47 p.m. I snip the umbilical cord.
4:15 p.m. Grandparents are notified.
5:00 p.m. We move to post-
partum room.
Wednesday, March 4th3:00 p.m. We check out of the hospital and are unbelievably glad to be home. I go pick up
PuddleDoggy and our little family is all home and together.
I know that the above is a little disappointing in that I didn't give a bit more personal take on the events, but I don't even know where to start (not to mention some of it actually is
TMI, even for this blog.) In the days (years) to come I know I'll swing back and write a bit more about the actual day and my thoughts and observations, but if there is anything truly
indescribable it is the birth of a child.