Monday, June 20, 2011

Luke Charles

We're finally posting some pics of our newest family member! Luke Charles was born on April 30 at 6:13 pm. He was 8 lbs 15 oz and 22" long. Yep, a big boy! The delivery went really well compared to Nate (Sarah was a c-section, so that delivery was super easy - recovery, not so much).

Anyway, I started having contractions around 2 am, and finally woke Kevin up a few hours later. I was waiting for the contractions to get more regular, which is what got us into trouble the week before when we went to the hospital. Called the doctor and we were told to come in. Got there around 8 am, eventually had a wonderful epidural (they do work when done correctly!), and started pushing around a little before 6 pm. One thing that happened with the last push, was that apparently Luke's shoulder got stuck, but we didn't know, and the next thing I hear, the doctor is yelling at Kevin to pull the emergency cord! Before I can even register what is going on, about 5 people come running in, including a nurse who jumps on top of me and with my last push (which everyone is yelling that it needs to be a good one) the nurse pushes down on my stomach as hard as she can. (Again, thank goodness for a good epidural - her pushing might have killed me otherwise) We found out that because Luke was stuck, he also wasn't getting any air, so was turning blue. The crisis was averted in a matter of seconds, and luckily it happened so fast, Kevin and I weren't able to know how serious it could have been.

After that, things were normal, and we began welcoming visitors. We heard that Sarah and Nate were suuuuuper excited, running to the phone whenever it would ring, so they came up right away with Kevin's parents and my mom.




Proof of Luke's weight




Mommy and baby





Dr. Ikbal - not our doctor, but the one on call.





Big brother and sister can't wait to see him!





Cousins Benjamin, Matthew, and Joseph




Aunt Ann





Carmen came to visit





Our first family photo (Day 2)





Sarah, Grandpa and Nannie




Grandma




Uncle Trey




Going home outfit




All buckled in!




Neighbors Bridget and Zoe




Big sister Sarah got to hold him





2nd family photo




First UT outfit photo

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