How it all went down

Hey party peoples!

We made it a week!

Just now getting a moment to catch everyone up on the story of how it all went down with the big arrival of his royal highness, Skyler Lincoln. So here goes...

The due date of March 7th had arrived and our OB scheduled a routine non-stress test for us at the fancy perinatal place. They usually do this once you hit your due date just to make sure that all is well in that belly. Moms and Pops went to the appointment expecting it to be totally routine and to head home and continue the great baby wait of 2008. Upon getting Moms all settled on the ultra sound machine it became quickly apparent that there was virtually no amniotic fluid to measure for the first part of the test. The nurse set Moms up on the baby heart rate monitor and headed of to call our OB. Upon her return the 'Rents were told, "It is time to head to the hospital and have a baby." They were clear that things weren't scarily serious, but we did need to be quick about gathering our things and getting right over to the hospital.

So, it was off to gather things at the Team Smitty Compound and head over to the hospital. While waiting (and waiting) to check in at the hospital it occurred to the 'Rents that they actually had no idea what "go have a baby today" really meant as far as the technical details. Got a little nervous at that point, but we were soon checked in and had all of the options laid out for us.

We were told that Moms would receive up to 3 pills to try to soften her cervix and that it was entirely possible that even after the 12 hours it would take for this, that labor would not be brought on and pitocin would have to be given. (the 'Rents wanted to avoid the pitocin blast if possible) The first dose was given and then 4 hours later nothing measurable had happened so another one was given. Another hour later Moms started active labor around 8pm on March 7th.

The labor can be boiled down to several hours of :
Lots of contractions....ouchie ouchie....gawd damn, give me drugs!!
Push,push, push for 3 hours and at 9:42 am on March 8th our sweet sweet Sky came to join us. Wooohoooo!!!!

Special Note: Moms wants to give huge thanks to Pops for making the delivery room their own special calm sanctuary. He had a great selection of music going the whole time and had the laptop on hand for Moms to watch some pretty stuff to keep her mind off of things. From back rubs to coaching to grabbing the trashcan in time for Moms to barf, Pops showed his "A" game at every turn. It made for a very serene and sweet way to bring our little dude into the world!

We are all SOOO happy and are just loving life right now as we enjoy our new family and get to know one another. It has been a fun filled week number one for Team Smitty. Grandma Tina is here and helping out tremendously around the compound while enjoying some quality Grandma time with Sky. We had our first doctor's appointment and Sky is doing great! He was only one ounce away from regaining his birth weight and the doctor said he was very happy and healthy and gave us permission to catch some longer breaks between feedings during sleeping hours.

Skyler is looking forward to meeting you all as soon as possible!

Sleepy Luvin'
~Team Smitty

p.s. we have added some more photos to the link in the previous post. some highlights of the first week include the first full view of the belly button and the first full bath.