Category: Family

Allright, I think I send all the e-mails and of course I must have forgotten a bunch of people but I think I will leave it at that…. but I am not yet really tired. Here is a little movie I made of Blake.

Well, it is the first movie I upload, so please take it easy with your comments that it does not work 🙂

After the first excitement over Blake was over Ana felt nausea and had to through up a number of times. It got worse when she wanted to go to the bathroom. While the nurse was taking good care of her I went to the nursery with our little sweety and got him a sugar blood test, a vitamin K shot and a hepatitis shot. He took them rather calmly, only short crying and back to sleep.
We also took his measures and he came out to have the same size as the other three (21 inches = 54 cm). His head circumference was 37.5 cm.
The eye lotion opened his little eyes and well of course you cannot really tell but he seems to be dark eyed as all the rest. The nurse told me that he really cleaned up well and I agree after the vernex was gone from his body and his hair he really looked fresh and jolly.

I wheeled him back to mummy in the delivery room where Ana tried to recover. She threw up some more and got some more medicine which seemed to do the job. After about 3/4 of an hour, at 22:30, I had to go back to do the second blood sugar test which came out great.
I wheeled the little one over into room 518 and waited for the arrival of his mom. Of course I was getting the Web pages setup meanwhile. When Ana came she was a bit better but it was clear she really needed some rest. I packed my stuff, got Blake to the nursery and left to go home and send e-mails and write blogs…. of course sucking on a obligatory cigar and rounding it off with a little whiskey.

Wowwww!!!! A bit before 19:40 the dilation was complete, the cervix all gone and after two pushes, the little Blake was out and that was at 19:41. Very smooth! He was covered in the whitish-yellowish stuff (vernex) more than any of the other three, and that after over 41 weeks. He is 4.062 kg which corresponds to 8lb 15.2oz. We did not measure him but he was quite a tall kid. I remember that he is more like Ivan, than Markus, a more lean physique.

A real charmer. He had his eyes all closed for quite a while. He docked on mums breast at around 20:05 and  calmed down rather quickly. He is a gorgeous little kid, slightly curly dark hair and big hands and feet.

Mum has done great, no stitches needed all healthy looking. Doctor Wassermann commented: ‘This is my normal smooth delivery today.’ All the others (3) were kind of complicated as he explained to us. Anita our nurse did a great job (she has been on the job for 40 years). It was a lot of fun to work with her.

All right, we are over 8cm now and the room is being prepared. I called Grosi and told her how it is going (great) and that I might be home by around 22:00. The doctor is now in the room, the nurse does not leave anymore either. We are ready for the delivery. The pushing up is going to come up…. Gotta close now 🙂

I left the hospital to pick up my mother from the airport at 14:40. It turned out that the airplane pretty much landed around that time. I arrived at the airport’s arrival pickup at 15:10, but it took until 15:45 until my mom came out. She was in pretty good shape and very happy to see me, of course.

We quickly went back to the car, I briefed her on the way for what was going on at home. Manuela can stay a little longer to make sure she is all comfortable. We had a great quick ride and were there by 16:05. I quickly paid Manuela and made mum a coffee, showed her the minimum things to not get lost and off I went to the hospital. I was worried to be too late I had said I would be back by 16:15-30. Due to the light Sunday traffic I was actually back almost precisely at 16:30. They were just doing the epidural and I could not enter right away, but well nothing really had happened. Excellent!

Now, Ana is already at 7cm and she got some Petosin to make the contractions more regular and stronger. She is feeling fine. We ordered dinner at 17:40  and are now watching some TV to relax.

Everything is on track and they tell us by 20:00 the baby should be there. That would be perfect!

Finally we decided that I can go to pick up ‘Grosi’. The flight is scheduled to arrive for 14:45, I will leave in a few minutes and bring her to our house. Ana has few but strong contractions. Also asking the nurse it seems ok if I leave and get back within the next one and a half hour. Leaving now….

We have just changed into the delivery room. It is a nice big room, where Ana and I are quite comfortable. We will get something to eat in half an hour or so, all included in our health insurance. At this point Ana is dilated to 5cm but the contractions have gotten less.

We are pretty convinced that the baby has decided to show up when ‘Grosi’ arrives at the airport. We are trying to find Steve Nahn to pick her up… We found his son Adam at home but Jen and Steve were supposed to show up pretty soon. We will call again a little later.

Today, finally after all the back and forth — we wanted to induce by December 23, then December 26 — we are sitting in the labor room at the hospital, waiting for a delivery room to free up. There is one coming up very soon, they say.

It all started today around 4:30 when Ana got some stronger contractions and they built up until 7:00 when we called the Hospital/Doctor/Babysitter. By 9:00 the kids had breakfast and Manuela had arrived to watch the kids. Ivan was very concerned of us leaving again and insisted on knowing exactly the sequence of events, including when I would come, Grosi  would come and finally when Momy and the new baby would arrive.

Now it is 10:10 and Ana is laying on the bed, connected to heartbeat and contraction indicator and a blood pressure measuring device. I am watching her and we are waiting for our delivery room. Grosi is going to arrive at 14:40…. and I am almost convinced the new baby will arrive while I have to pick her up. Well, let’s see what happens.