Hey everyone. Well, if you haven't heard by now, Jorene and I have had a beautiful baby girl. Her name is Zadie Charlotte Gorman, and in the 4 days since she was born (and in the 72 hours before) my life has changed in the best possible way. The following will be a real-life day-to-day account of my life, my wife and my new daughter's antics and goings on...
On April 30th Jorene is admitted to St. Vincent's hospital. The babies due date is "supposed" to be May 2, but the doctors want to induce her to prevent complications. They estimated the baby being 7 lbs 7 oz at 37 weeks and it was decided that while just 2 days it would be better for both the mommy and the child.
At about 9:30pm on the 30th Drs administered a dose of Cervidil to Jorene in order to speed the process up. Jorene and the soon to be dad spent the first night together in the hospital room thinking that a May Day baby was in the offing...
The next morning the dose was removed, and the Dr's still didn't see any improvement so another dose was given. Later, another drug was given to help, but there still wasn't much progress made. Contractions were happening, but they were coupled and not being spaced correctly. Finally at around 4:30pm, the decision was made to break the membrane to get things moving. She was given Pitosin as well and things started happening...contractions started spreading out and became more regular. At around 7 or 7:30 Jorene was really tired as would be expected, and she opted for an epidural to take the "edge" off. My mom reminded me to get a bite to eat (thanks Mom!!) and when i came back upstairs Jorene was sleeping comfortably. I layed myself down on the couch/bed and caught some zzzzs also.
When i awoke Jorene was dilated close to 8cm, and shortly after she was 10. At around 10:30 the doctors thought that the baby would arrive quickly, but Zadie had something else in mind. Jorene was in labour for 2 hours. But Zadie just wouldn't reveal herself. Finally wanting to avoid a C-Section, Jorene opted for the vacuum suction option. The cup was attached to baby's head and the suction pump was pumped. The first attempt didn't work as the cup popped off with little progress made. The second try was more successful though. At 12:32am on May 2, 2012 after her 4th push on a contraction the doctors said that she had one try left. With all her might she gave one last push and this miracle literally torpedoed out of her. At that that time i experienced an emotion that i had never had. Love/excitement/amazement, and about 10 more emotions shot through me at one time. Zadie entered the world exactly when she was supposed to and her father was still standing...to be continued
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